English

Steiner Configurations ideals: containment and colouring

Commutative Algebra 2021-01-19 v1 Algebraic Geometry Combinatorics

Abstract

Given a homogeneous ideal Ik[x0,,xn]I \subseteq k[x_0,\dots,x_n], the Containment problem studies the relation between symbolic and regular powers of II, that is, it asks for which pair m,rNm, r \in \mathbb{N}, I(m)IrI^{(m)} \subseteq I^r holds. In the last years, several conjectures have been posed on this problem, creating an active area of current interests and ongoing investigations. In this paper, we investigated the Stable Harbourne Conjecture and the Stable Harbourne -- Huneke Conjecture and we show that they hold for the defining ideal of a Complement of a Steiner configuration of points in Pkn\mathbb{P}^{n}_{k}. We can also show that the ideal of a Complement of a Steiner Configuration of points has expected resurgence, that is, its resurgence is strictly less than its big height, and it also satisfies Chudnovsky and Demailly's Conjectures. Moreover, given a hypergraph HH, we also study the relation between its colourability and the failure of the containment problem for the cover ideal associated to HH. We apply these results in the case that HH is a Steiner System.

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@article{arxiv.2101.07168,
  title  = {Steiner Configurations ideals: containment and colouring},
  author = {Edoardo Ballico and Giuseppe Favacchio and Elena Guardo and Lorenzo Milazzo and Abu Chackalamannil Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.07168},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

15 pages, 1 figure, to be published in "Mathematics", Special Issue "Advances in Design Theory and Applications in Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry"

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