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On atoms and their density in the monoid of monomial ideals

Nikola Bogdanovic·Laura Cossu
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We study the structure and distribution of atoms in the monoid $\mathcal{M}{\rm on}(R)$ of nonzero monomial ideals of the polynomial ring $R=K[X_1,\ldots, X_N]$, with $N\ge 2$. We characterize the atoms with at most four minimal generators and introduce the density $d(N,μ)$ of atoms among monomial ideals with $μ$ minimal generators. For $μ\le 4$, we prove the existence of this density and determine its asymptotic behavior as $N\to\infty$. In the bivariate case, we also obtain a uniform lower bound for the density of atoms in a divisor-closed submonoid of $\mathcal{M}{\rm on}(R)$ generated by equigenerated ideals.

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Nikola Bogdanovic, Laura Cossu. 2026-09-15. On atoms and their density in the monoid of monomial ideals. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.17202

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