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Test ideals in non-Q-Gorenstein rings

Commutative Algebra 2011-07-26 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Suppose that X=\SpecRX = \Spec R is an FF-finite normal variety in characteristic p>0p > 0. In this paper we show that the big test ideal τb(R)=\tldτ(R)\tau_b(R) = \tld \tau(R) is equal to Δτ(R;Δ)\sum_{\Delta} \tau(R; \Delta) where the sum is over Δ\Delta such that KX+ΔK_X + \Delta is \bQ\bQ-Cartier. This affirmatively answers a question asked by various people, including Blickle, Lazarsfeld, K. Lee and K. Smith. Furthermore, we have a version of this result in the case that RR is not even necessarily normal.

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@article{arxiv.0906.4313,
  title  = {Test ideals in non-Q-Gorenstein rings},
  author = {Karl Schwede},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.4313},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

18 pages, minor changes, to appear in Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

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