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Subcomplexes of Certain Free Resolutions

Commutative Algebra 2024-12-25 v2

Abstract

What are the subcomplexes of a free resolution? This question is simple to state, but the naive approach leads to a computational quagmire that is infeasible even in small cases. In this paper, we invoke the Bernstein--Gelfand--Gelfand (BGG) correspondence to address this question for free resolutions given by two well-known complexes, the Koszul and the Eagon--Northcott. This novel approach provides a complete characterization of the ranks of free modules in a subcomplex in the Koszul case and imposes numerical restrictions in the Eagon--Northcott case.

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@article{arxiv.2112.15137,
  title  = {Subcomplexes of Certain Free Resolutions},
  author = {Maya Banks and Aleksandra Sobieska},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.15137},
  year   = {2024}
}

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