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The normal reduction number of two-dimensional cone-like singularities

Commutative Algebra 2025-12-16 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Let (A,m)(A, \mathfrak m) be a normal two-dimensional local ring and II an m\mathfrak m-primary integrally closed ideal with a minimal reduction QQ. Then we calculate the numbers: nr(I)=min{n    In+1=QIn},rˉ(I)=min{n    IN+1=QIN,Nn}\mathrm{nr}(I) = \min\{n \;|\; \overline{I^{n+1}} = Q\overline{I^n}\}, \quad \bar{r}(I) = \min\{n \;|\; \overline{I^{N+1}} = Q\overline{I^N}, \forall N\ge n\}, nr(A)\mathrm{nr}(A), and rˉ(A)\bar{r}(A), where nr(A)\mathrm{nr}(A) (resp. rˉ(A)\bar{r}(A)) is the maximum of nr(I)\mathrm{nr}(I) (resp. rˉ(I)\bar{r}(I)) for all m\mathfrak m-primary integrally closed ideals IAI\subset A. Then we have that rˉ(A)pg(A)+1\bar{r}(A) \le p_g(A) + 1, where pg(A)p_g(A) is the geometric genus of AA. In this paper, we give an upper bound of rˉ(A)\bar{r}(A) when AA is a cone-like singularity (which has a minimal resolution whose exceptional set is a single smooth curve) and show, in particular, if AA is a hypersurface singularity defined by a homogeneous polynomial of degree dd, then rˉ(A)=nr(m)=d1\bar{r}(A)= \mathrm{nr}(\mathfrak m) = d-1. Also we give an example of AA and II so that nr(I)=1\mathrm{nr}(I) = 1 but rˉ(I)=rˉ(A)=pg(A)+1=g+1\bar{r}(I)= \bar{r}(A) = p_g(A) +1=g+1 for every integer g2g \ge 2.

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@article{arxiv.1909.13190,
  title  = {The normal reduction number of two-dimensional cone-like singularities},
  author = {Tomohiro Okuma and Kei-ichi Watanabe and Ken-ichi Yoshida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.13190},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

13 pages; revised version. To appear in Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society