Improved Bounds for the s-multiplicity

Let (RmR), (SmS) and (TmT) be Noetherian local rings sharing the same residue eld k and prime characteristic p > 0. We establish some formulas relating the h-function and s-multiplicity of the ber product R T S in terms of the h-functions and s-multiplicities of R, T and S. Furthermore, we derive formulas that connect the h-function and s-multiplicity of the idealization ring R M to the corresponding invariants of R and M, where M is a nitely generated R-module. As applications of these results, we derive new estimates for the Taylor-Miller question and the Watanabe-Yoshida conjecture concerning s-multiplicity.