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The projective dimension of three cubics is at most 5

Commutative Algebra 2018-01-26 v1

Abstract

Let RR be a polynomial ring over a field and II an ideal generated by three forms of degree three. Motivated by Stillman's question, Engheta proved that the projective dimension pd(R/I)\mathrm{pd}(R/I) of R/IR/I is at most 36, although the example with largest projective dimension he constructed has pd(R/I)=5\mathrm{pd}(R/I)=5. Based on computational evidence, it had been conjectured that pd(R/I)5\mathrm{pd}(R/I)\leq 5. In the present paper we prove this conjectured sharp bound.

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@article{arxiv.1801.08195,
  title  = {The projective dimension of three cubics is at most 5},
  author = {Paolo Mantero and Jason McCullough},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.08195},
  year   = {2018}
}

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