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David Eisenbud

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arXiv2026

Minimal Non-Weierstrass Semigroups

Let p in X be a point on a compact Riemann surface. The Weierstrass semigroup of p is the semigroup of pole orders of meromorphic functions on X that are regular at all but p. Hurwitz asked in 1892 whether all numerical semigroups occur as Weierstrass semigroups. In this paper we give a new method for showing that certain numerical semigroups are not Weierstrass, including some of every genus g in which non-Weierstrass examples could possibly exist, except g=18. Our example for g=13 has at once the smallest possible genus, multiplicity and number of generators of any possible non-Weierstrass semigroup.

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arXiv2026

Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Sparse-Reward Search in Commutative Algebra

Applying machine learning techniques to solving long-standing mathematical conjectures can be particularly challenging due to their extreme reward sparsity. As an illustrative example, we consider Kalai's algebraic Hirsch conjecture and recast the construction of its counterexamples as a sparse-reward reinforcement learning problem on graphs. We propose a constrained options-based HRL framework with an equivariant graph neural network policy, which allows us to learn useful temporal abstractions for this task. We evaluate our approach over a wide range of degrees and demonstrate that it consistently outperforms classical RL algorithms as well as greedy search. By exploiting the hierarchical structure of the problem, we effectively provide a first-of-its-kind application of HRL to a problem in commutative algebra.

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arXiv2025

Syzygies of the residue field over Golod rings

Let $(R,m,k)$ be a Golod ring. We show a recurrent formula for high syzygies of $k$ interms of previous ones. In the case of embedding dimension at most $2$, we provided complete descriptions of all indecomposable summands of all syzygies of $k$.

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arXiv2023

Ideals and their Fitting ideals

For an ideal $I$ in a Noetherian ring $R$, the Fitting ideals $\textrm{Fitt}_j(I)$ are studied. We discuss the question of when $\textrm{Fitt}_j(I)=I$ or $\sqrt{\textrm{Fitt}_j(I)}=\sqrt{I}$ for some $j$. A classical case is the Hilbert-Burch theorem when $j=1$ and $I$ is a perfect ideal of grade $2$ in a local ring.

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arXiv2023

Burch index, summands of syzygies and linearity in resolutions

The Burch index is a new invariant of a local ring $R$ whose positivity implies a kind of linearity in resolutions of $R$-modules. For example, if $R$ has depth zero and Burch index at least $2$, then any non-free 7th $R$-syzygy contains the residue field as a direct summand. We also compute the Burch index in various cases of interest.

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arXiv2022

Residual Intersections of $2\times n$ Determinantal Ideals

Schemes defined by residual intersections have been extensively studied in the case when they are Cohen-Macaulay, but this is a very restrictive condition. In this paper we make the first study of a class of natural examples far from satisfying this condition, the rank 1 loci of generic $2\times n$ matrices. Here we compute their depths and many other properties. These computations require a number of novel tools.

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arXiv2022

Linearity of Free Resolutions of Monomial Ideals

We study monomial ideals with linear presentation or partially linear resolution. We give combinatorial characterizations of linear presentation for square-free ideals of degree 3, and for primary ideals whose resolutions are linear except for the last step (the "almost linear" case). We also give sharp bounds on Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity and numbers of generators in some cases. It is a basic observation that linearity properties are inherited by the restriction of an ideal to a subset of variables, and we study when the converse holds. We construct fractal examples of almost linear primary ideals with relatively few generators related to the Sierpiński triangle. Our results also lead to classes of highly connected simplicial complexes $Δ$ that can not be extended to the complete $\dim Δ$-skeleton of the simplex on the same variables by shelling.

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arXiv2021

Residual Intersections and Linear Powers

If I is an ideal in a Gorenstein ring S and S/I is Cohen-Macaulay, then the same is true for any linked ideal I'. However, such statements hold for residual intersections of higher codimension only under very restrictive hypotheses, not satisfied even by ideals as simple as the ideal L_n of minors of a generic 2 x n matrix when n>3. In this paper we initiate the study of a different sort of Cohen-Macaulay property that holds for certain general residual intersections of the maximal (interesting) codimension, one less than the analytic spread of I. For example, we prove that if K is the residual intersection of L_n by 2n-3 general quadratic forms in L_n, then S/K is integrally closed with isolated singularity and I^{n-3} S/K is a self-dual Maximal Cohen-Macaulay module over S/K with linear free resolution over S. The technical heart of the paper is a result about ideals of analytic spread 1 whose high powers are linearly presented.

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arXiv2018

Tor as a Module over an Exterior Algebra

Let $S$ be a regular local ring with residue field $k$ and let $M$ be a finitely generated $S$-module. Suppose that $f_1,\dots ,f_c\in S$ is a regular sequence that annihilates $M$, and let $E$ be an exterior algebra over $k$ generated by $c$ elements. The homotopies for the $f_{i}$ on a free resolution of $M$ induce a natural structure of graded $E$-module on ${\rm Tor}^{S}(M,k)$. In the case where $M$ is a high syzygy over the complete intersectionR:=S/(f_{1},\dots,f_{c})$ we describe this $E$-module structure in detail, including its minimal free resolution over $E$. Turning to ${\rm Ext}_{R}(M,\, k)$ we show that, when $M$ is a high syzygy over $R$, the minimal free resolution of ${\rm Ext}_{R}(M,\, k)$ as a module over the ring of CI operators is the Bernstein-Gel'fand-Gel'fand dual of the $E$-module ${\rm Tor}^{S}(M,\,k)$. For the proof we introduce \emph{higher CI operators}, and give a construction of a (generally non-minimal) resolution of $M$ over $S$ starting from a resolution of $M$ over $R$ and its higher CI operators.

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arXiv2018

Correspondence scrolls

This paper initiates the study of a class of schemes that we call correspondence scrolls, which includes the rational normal scrolls and linearly embedded projective bundle of decomposable bundles, as well as degenerate K3 surfaces, Calabi-Yau 3-folds, and many other examples.

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arXiv2018

Equations and Syzygies of K3 Carpets and Unions of Scrolls

We describe the equations and Gröbner bases of some degenerate K3 surfaces associated to rational normal scrolls. These K3 surfaces are members of a class of interesting singular projective varieties we call correspondence scrolls. The ideals of these surfaces are nested in a simple way that allows us to analyze them inductively. We describe explicit Gröbner bases and syzygies for these objects over the integers and this lets us treat them in all characteristics simultaneously.

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arXiv2015

Matrix Factorizations for Complete Intersections and Minimal Free Resolutions

Matrix factorizations of a hypersurface yield a description of the asymptotic structure of minimal free resolutions over the hypersurface. We introduce a new concept of matrix factorizations for complete intersections that allows us to describe the asymptotic structure of minimal free resolutions over complete intersections.

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arXiv2014

Tate Resolutions for Products of Projective Spaces

We describe the Tate resolution of a coherent sheaf or complex of coherent sheaves on a product of projective spaces. Such a resolution makes explicit all the cohomology of all twists of the sheaf, including, for example, the multigraded module of twisted global sections, and also the Beilinson monads of all twists. Although the Tate resolution is highly infinite, any finite number of components can be computed efficiently, starting either from a Beilinson monad or from a multigraded module.

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