Universität Osnabrück, FB Mathematik/Informatik, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany ; Università di L'Aquila, Dip. di Matematica, Via Vetoio, Coppito, 67010 L'Aquila, Italy
Abstract:
We give a combinatorial proof of the Dedekind-Mertens formula by computing the initial ideal of the content ideal of the product of two generic polynomials. As a side effect we obtain a complete classification of the rank Cohen-Macaulay modules over the determinantal rings .