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Cyclotomic exponent sequences of numerical semigroups

Commutative Algebra 2021-01-25 v1 Combinatorics Number Theory

Abstract

We study the cyclotomic exponent sequence of a numerical semigroup S,S, and we compute its values at the gaps of S,S, the elements of SS with unique representations in terms of minimal generators, and the Betti elements bSb\in S for which the set {aBetti(S):aSb}\{a \in \operatorname{Betti}(S) : a \le_{S}b\} is totally ordered with respect to S\le_S (we write aSba \le_S b whenever abS,a - b \in S, with a,bSa,b\in S). This allows us to characterize certain semigroup families, such as Betti-sorted or Betti-divisible numerical semigroups, as well as numerical semigroups with a unique Betti element, in terms of their cyclotomic exponent sequences. Our results also apply to cyclotomic numerical semigroups, which are numerical semigroups with a finitely supported cyclotomic exponent sequence. We show that cyclotomic numerical semigroups with certain cyclotomic exponent sequences are complete intersections, thereby making progress towards proving the conjecture of Ciolan, Garc\'ia-S\'anchez and Moree (2016) stating that SS is cyclotomic if and only if it is a complete intersection.

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@article{arxiv.2101.08826,
  title  = {Cyclotomic exponent sequences of numerical semigroups},
  author = {Alexandru Ciolan and Pedro A. García-Sánchez and Andrés Herrera-Poyatos and Pieter Moree},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.08826},
  year   = {2021}
}

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25 pages

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