Trees, parking functions, syzygies, and deformations of monomial ideals |
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| Authors: | Alexander Postnikov Boris Shapiro |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 ; Department of Mathematics, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, S-10691, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | For a graph  , we construct two algebras whose dimensions are both equal to the number of spanning trees of  . One of these algebras is the quotient of the polynomial ring modulo certain monomial ideal, while the other is the quotient of the polynomial ring modulo certain powers of linear forms. We describe the set of monomials that forms a linear basis in each of these two algebras. The basis elements correspond to  -parking functions that naturally came up in the abelian sandpile model. These ideals are instances of the general class of monotone monomial ideals and their deformations. We show that the Hilbert series of a monotone monomial ideal is always bounded by the Hilbert series of its deformation. Then we define an even more general class of monomial ideals associated with posets and construct free resolutions for these ideals. In some cases these resolutions coincide with Scarf resolutions. We prove several formulas for Hilbert series of monotone monomial ideals and investigate when they are equal to Hilbert series of deformations. In the appendix we discuss the abelian sandpile model. |
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| Keywords: | Spanning tree parking function abelian sandpile model monomial ideal deformation minimal free resolution order complex Hilbert series |
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