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Tensor products of $d$-fold matrix factorizations

Commutative Algebra 2025-04-25 v2

Abstract

Consider a pair of elements ff and gg in a commutative ring QQ. Given a matrix factorization of ff and another of gg, the tensor product of matrix factorizations, which was first introduced by Kn\"orrer and later generalized by Yoshino, produces a matrix factorization of the sum f+gf+g. We will study the tensor product of dd-fold matrix factorizations, with a particular emphasis on understanding when the construction has a non-trivial direct sum decomposition. As an application of our results, we construct indecomposable maximal Cohen-Macaulay and Ulrich modules over hypersurface domains of a certain form.

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@article{arxiv.2407.05072,
  title  = {Tensor products of $d$-fold matrix factorizations},
  author = {Richie Sheng and Tim Tribone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.05072},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

25 pages, comments welcome. Final version to appear in Nagoya Math. J

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