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Ordinarization numbers of numerical semigroups

Combinatorics 2026-03-11 v2

Abstract

There has been significant recent interest in studying how the number of numerical semigroups of genus gg behaves as a function of gg. Bras-Amor\'os has shown how to organize the collection of numerical semigroups of genus gg into a rooted tree called the ordinarization tree. The ordinarization number of a numerical semigroup SS is the length of the path from SS back to the root of the tree. We study the problem of counting numerical semigroups of genus gg with a fixed ordinarization number rr. We show how this can be interpreted as a counting problem about integer points in a certain rational polyhedral cone and use ideas from Ehrhart theory to study this problem. We give a formula for the number of numerical semigroups of genus gg and ordinarization number 22, building on the corresponding result of Bras-Amor\'os for ordinarization number 11. We show that the ordinarization number of a numerical semigroup generated by two elements is equal to the number of integer points in a certain right triangle with rational vertices. We consider the analogous problem for supersymmetric numerical semigroups with more generators. We also study ordinarization numbers of numerical semigroups generated by an interval.

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@article{arxiv.2506.10222,
  title  = {Ordinarization numbers of numerical semigroups},
  author = {Sogol Cyrusian and Nathan Kaplan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.10222},
  year   = {2026}
}

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26 pages

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