Gorenstein algebras of finite Cohen-Macaulay type

An Artin algebra A is said to be CM-finite if there are only finitely many isomorphism classes of indecomposable finitely generated Gorenstein-projective A-modules. Inspired by Auslander's idea on representation dimension, we prove that for 2?n<∞, A is a CM-finite n-Gorenstein algebra if and only if there is a resolving Gorenstein-projective A-module E such that gl.dimEndAop(E)?n.     

Local rings of countable Cohen-Macaulay type

We prove (the excellent case of) Schreyer's conjecture that a local ring with countable CM type has at most a one-dimensional singular locus. Furthermore, we prove that the localization of a Cohen-Macaulay local ring of countable CM type is again of countable CM type.

     

On monomial curves and Cohen-Macaulay type

In this paper we characterize the monomial arithmetically Cohen-Macaulay curves in P^d and compute the type of their coordinate ring     

A Krull-Schmidt theorem for one-dimensional rings of finite Cohen-Macaulay type

This paper determines when the Krull-Schmidt property holds for all finitely generated modules and for maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules over one-dimensional local rings with finite Cohen-Macaulay type. We classify all maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules over these rings, beginning with the complete rings where the Krull-Schmidt property is known to hold. We are then able to determine when the Krull-Schmidt property holds over the non-complete local rings and when we have the weaker property that any two representations of a maximal Cohen-Macaulay module as a direct sum of indecomposables have the same number of indecomposable summands.     

A matrix optimization problem

A minimization problem for a matrix-valued matrix function is considered. A duality theorem is proved. Some examples illustrate its applicability.     

A matrix partition problem

In the set of positive definite semi-integral symmetric matrices we propose a partition problem. Then by introducing the notion of “additively prime” we obtain the generating function for this problem. Finally we establish the analyticity of the generating function.     

A note on computing matrix geometric means

A new definition is introduced for the matrix geometric mean of a set of k positive definite n×n matrices together with an iterative method for its computation. The iterative method is locally convergent with cubic convergence and requires O(n ³ k ²) arithmetic operations per step whereas the methods based on the symmetrization technique of Ando et al. (Linear Algebra Appl 385:305?C334, 2004) have complexity O(n ³ k!2 ^k ). The new mean is obtained from the properties of the centroid of a triangle rephrased in terms of geodesics in a suitable Riemannian geometry on the set of positive definite matrices. It satisfies most part of the ten properties stated by Ando, Li and Mathias; a counterexample shows that monotonicity is not fulfilled.     

A combinatorial problem associated with nonograms

Associated with an m × n matrix with entries 0 or 1 are the m-vector of row sums and n-vector of column sums. In this article we study the set of all pairs of these row and column sums for fixed m and n. In particular, we give an algorithm for finding all such pairs for a given m and n.     

A Jacobi matrix inverse eigenvalue problem with mixed data

In this paper, the inverse eigenvalue problem of reconstructing a Jacobi matrix from part of its eigenvalues and its leading principal submatrix is considered. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of the solution are derived. Furthermore, a numerical algorithm and some numerical examples are given.     

Exact categories,big Cohen-Macaulay modules and finite representation type

One of the first remarkable results in the representation theory of artin algebras, due to Auslander and Ringel-Tachikawa, is the characterisation of when an artin algebra is representation-finite. In this paper, we investigate aspects of representation-finiteness in the general context of exact categories in the sense of Quillen. In this framework, we introduce “big objects” and prove an Auslander-type “splitting-big-objects” theorem. Our approach generalises and unifies the known results from the literature. As a further application of our methods, we extend the theorems of Auslander and Ringel-Tachikawa to arbitrary dimension, i.e. we characterise when a Cohen-Macaulay order over a complete regular local ring is of finite representation type.     

On the deviation and the type of a Cohen-Macaulay ring

In this note we discuss the question, which pairs of integers (d,r) can occur as the deviation d and the type r of a Cohen-Macaulay domain.     

A dimension inequality for Cohen-Macaulay rings

The recent work of Kurano and Roberts on Serre's positivity conjecture suggests the following dimension inequality: for prime ideals and in a local, Cohen-Macaulay ring such that we have . We establish this dimension inequality for excellent, local, Cohen-Macaulay rings which contain a field, for certain low-dimensional cases and when is regular.

     

Cohen-Macaulay type of the face poset of a plane graph

How can we calculate the Cohen-Macaulay type of a Cohen-Macaulay poset? This paper is an extension of earlier results in [2]. We give an explicit formula for the Cohen-Macaulay type of the face poset of a plane graph. Let G be a finite connected plane graph allowing loops and multiple edges and G* the subgraph obtained by removing all loops from G. For each vertexv of G the number of connected components of G* —v is denoted by δ_G (v). Also, writev _G (v) for the number of loops of G incident tov. Then the Cohen-Macaulay type of the face poset of G is $\left[ {\sum\limits_\upsilon {2\left\{ {\delta _G (v) + v_G (v) - 1} \right\}} } \right] + 1$ .     

A Construction of Sequentially Cohen-Macaulay Graphs

For every simple graph G,a class of multiple clique cluster-whiskered graphs Geπm is introduced,and it is shown that all such graphs are vertex decomposable;thus,the independence simplicial complex IndGeπm is sequentially Cohen-Macaulay.The properties of the graphs Geπm and Gπ constructed by Cook and Nagel are studied,including the enumeration of facets of the complex Ind Gπ and the calculation of Betti numbers of the cover ideal Ic(Geπ").We also prove that the complex △ =IndH is strongly shellable and pure for either a Boolean graph H =Bn or the full clique-whiskered graph H =Gw of G,which is obtained by adding a whisker to each vertex of G.This implies that both the facet ideal I(△) and the cover ideal Ic(H) have linear quotients.     

Cohen-Macaulay monomial ideals with given radical

We study the set of Cohen-Macaulay monomial ideals with a given radical. Among this set of ideals are the so-called Cohen-Macaulay modifications. Not all Cohen-Macaulay squarefree monomial ideals admit nontrivial Cohen-Macaulay modifications. It is shown that if there exists one such modification, then there exist indeed infinitely many.