Cell transfer and monomial positivity

We give combinatorial proofs that certain families of differences of products of Schur functions are monomial-positive. We show in addition that such monomial-positivity is to be expected of a large class of generating functions with combinatorial definitions similar to Schur functions. These generating functions are defined on posets with labelled Hasse diagrams and include for example generating functions of Stanley's (P,ω)-partitions. T.L. was supported in part by NSF DMS-0600677.     

The core of zero-dimensional monomial ideals

The core of an ideal is the intersection of all its reductions. We describe the core of a zero-dimensional monomial ideal I as the largest monomial ideal contained in a general reduction of I. This provides a new interpretation of the core in the monomial case as well as an efficient algorithm for computing it. We relate the core to adjoints and first coefficient ideals, and in dimension two and three we give explicit formulas.     

A generalization of Hardy’s operator and an asymptotic Müntz–Szász Theorem

We prove an asymptotic version of the Muntz–Szasz theorem, and use it to prove that all monomial operators are vanishing preserving.     

On the reduction number of some graded algebras

The main result of the paper confirms, for generic coordinates, a conjecture which states that . Here is a homogeneous polynomial ideal in and and are the reduction numbers.

     

Normal cones of monomial primes

We explicitly calculate the normal cones of all monomial primes which define the curves of the form , where . All of these normal cones are reduced and Cohen-Macaulay, and their reduction numbers are independent of the reduction. These monomial primes are new examples of integrally closed ideals for which the product with the maximal homogeneous ideal is also integrally closed.

Substantial use was made of the computer algebra packages Maple and Macaulay2.

     

Free Resolution Invariants for Finite Groups

Given a finite group G and a G-free resolution F _* of Z, then d _G (Im(F _m+1F _m ))–(–1) ^m–i d _G (F _i ) is almost always an invariant of G.     

Global G-Manifold Reductions and Resolutions

The purpose of this note is to exhibit some simple and basic constructions for smooth compact transformation groups, and some of their most immediate applications to geometry.