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Samuel Lundqvist

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arXiv2026

On the Hilbert series of ideals generated by general linear forms

We determine the Hilbert series of ideals generated by $d$'th powers of $n+2$ general linear forms in $n$ variables, to give upper bounds on the degree of the Hilbert series of ideals generated by $d$'th powers of $n+k$ general linear forms for $k>2$. This allows us to show that the Iarrobino-Fr\"oberg Conjecture fails for all $n$ large enough. We also determine the degree of the Hilbert series for the ideal generated by $d$'th powers of $n+3$ general linear forms, for some values of $n$, and give counterexamples to a conjecture on the failure of the Weak Lefschetz Property for ideals generated by sufficiently large powers of general linear forms. Moreover, we determine the Hilbert series of the ideal generated by two generic quadratic forms in the exterior algebra on an even number of generators.

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arXiv2026

Independence of generic forms and the Fr\"oberg conjecture

We show that the Fr\"oberg conjecture holds in the second non-trivial degree for an ideal generated by generic forms of degree $d>2$. We also show that the conjecture is true up to degree $2d-1$ provided that the number of variables is sufficiently large.

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arXiv2026

On maximal rank properties for symmetric polynomials in an equigenerated monomial complete intersection

It is well known that a monomial complete intersection has the strong Lefschetz property in characteristic zero. This property is equivalent to the statement that any power of the sum of the variables is a maximal rank element on the complete intersection. In this paper, we investigate what happens when this element is replaced by another symmetric polynomial, in an equigenerated complete intersection. We answer the question completely for the power sum symmetric polynomial using a grading technique, and for any Schur polynomial in the case of two variables by deriving a closed formula for the determinants of a family of Toeplitz matrices. Further, we obtain partial results in three or more variables for the elementary and the complete homogeneous symmetric polynomials and pose several open questions.

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arXiv2025

The Gr\"obner basis for powers of a general linear form in a monomial complete intersection

We study almost complete intersection ideals in a polynomial ring, generated by powers of all the variables together with a power of their sum. Our main result is an explicit description of the reduced Gr\"obner bases for these ideals under any term order. Our approach is primarily combinatorial, focusing on the structure of the initial ideal. We associate a lattice path to each monomial in the vector space basis of an Artinian monomial complete intersection and introduce a reflection operation on these paths, which enables a key counting argument. As a consequence, we provide a new proof that Artinian monomial complete intersections possess the strong Lefschetz property over fields of characteristic zero. Our results also offer new insights into the longstanding problem of classifying the weak Lefschetz property for such intersections in characteristic $p$. Furthermore, we show that the number of Gr\"obner basis elements in each degree is connected to several well-known sequences, including the (generalized) Catalan, Motzkin, and Riordan numbers, and connect these numbers to the study of entanglement detection in spin systems within quantum physics.

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arXiv2025

On the initial ideal of a generic artinian Gorenstein algebra

In this note we show that the initial ideal of the annihilator ideal of a generic form is generated by the largest possible monomials in each degree. We also show that the initial ideal with respect to the degree reverse lexicographical ordering of the annihilator ideal of the complete symmetric form has this property, by determining a minimal Gröbner basis of it. Moreover, we determine the total Betti numbers for a class of strongly stable monomial ideals and show that these numbers agree with those for the degree reverse lexicographical initial ideals of the ideal generated by a sufficiently large number of generic forms, and of the annihilator ideal of a generic form.

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arXiv2024

Gr\"obner bases, resolutions, and the Lefschetz properties for powers of a general linear form in the squarefree algebra

For the almost complete intersection ideals $(x_1^2, \dots, x_n^2, (x_1 + \cdots + x_n)^k)$, we compute their reduced Gr\"obner basis for any term ordering, revealing a combinatorial structure linked to lattice paths, elementary symmetric polynomials, and Catalan numbers. Using this structure, we classify the weak Lefschetz property for these ideals. Additionally, we provide a new proof of the well-known result that the squarefree algebra satisfies the strong Lefschetz property. Finally, we compute the Betti numbers of the initial ideals and construct a minimal free resolution using a Mayer-Vietoris tree approach.

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arXiv2024

On binomial complete intersections

We consider homogeneous binomial ideals $I=(f_1,\ldots,f_n)$ in $K[x_1, \ldots, x_n]$, where $f_i = a_i x_i^{d_i} - b_i m_i$ and $a_i \neq 0$. When such an ideal is a complete intersection, we show that the monomials which are not divisible by $x_i^{d_i}$ for $i=1,\ldots,n$ form a vector space basis for the corresponding quotient, and we describe the Macaulay dual generator in terms of a directed graph that we associate to $I$. These two properties can be seen as a natural generalization of well-known properties for monomial complete intersections. Moreover, we give a description of the radical of the resultant of $I$ in terms of the directed graph.

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arXiv2021

On decomposing monomial algebras with the Lefschetz properties

We introduce a general technique for decomposing monomial algebras which we use to study the Lefschetz properties. We apply our technique to various classes of algebras, including monomial almost complete intersections and Gorenstein algebras. In particular, we prove that Gorenstein codimension three algebras arising from numerical semigroups have the strong Lefschetz property. We also study the reverse of the splitting operation -- a gluing operation -- which gives a way to construct monomial algebras with the Lefschetz properties.

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arXiv2021

Monomial ideals and the failure of the Strong Lefschetz property

We give a sharp lower bound for the Hilbert function in degree $d$ of artinian quotients $\Bbbk[x_1,\ldots,x_n]/I$ failing the Strong Lefschetz property, where $I$ is a monomial ideal generated in degree $d \geq 2$. We also provide sharp lower bounds for other classes of ideals, and connect our result to the classification of the Hilbert functions forcing the Strong Lefschetz property by Zanello and Zylinski.

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arXiv2018

On ideals generated by two generic quadratic forms in the exterior algebra

Based on the structure theory of pairs of skew-symmetric matrices, we give a conjecture for the Hilbert series of the exterior algebra modulo the ideal generated by two generic quadratic forms. We show that the conjectured series is an upper bound in the coefficient-wise sense, and we determine a majority of the coefficients. We also conjecture that the series is equal to the series of the squarefree polynomial ring modulo the ideal generated by the squares of two generic linear forms.

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arXiv2018

On generic principal ideals in the exterior algebra

We give a lower bound on the Hilbert series of the exterior algebra modulo a principal ideal generated by a generic form of odd degree and disprove a conjecture by Moreno-Socías and Snellman. We also show that the lower bound is equal to the minimal Hilbert series in some specific cases.

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arXiv2017

On generic and maximal k-ranks of binary forms

In what follows, we pose two general conjectures about decompositions of homogeneous polynomials as sums of powers. The first one (suggested by G. Ottaviani) deals with the generic k-rank of complex-valued forms of any degree divisible by k in any number of variables. The second one (by the fourth author) deals with the maximal k-rank of binary forms. We settle the first conjecture in the cases of two variables and the second in the first non-trivial case of the 3-rd powers of quadratic binary forms.

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arXiv2017

Extremal Hilbert series

Given an ideal of forms in an algebra (polynomial ring, tensor algebra, exterior algebra, Lie algebra, bigraded polynomial ring), we consider the Hilbert series of the factor ring. We concentrate on the minimal Hilbert series, which is achieved when the forms are generic. In the polynomial ring we also consider the opposite case of maximal series. This is mainly a survey article, but we give a lot of problems and conjectures. The only novel results concern the maximal series in the polynomial ring.

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arXiv2016

Powers of generic ideals and the weak Lefschetz property for powers of some monomial complete intersections

Given an ideal $I=(f_1,\ldots,f_r)$ in $\mathbb C[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ generated by forms of degree $d$, and an integer $k>1$, how large can the ideal $I^k$ be, i.e., how small can the Hilbert function of $\mathbb C[x_1,\ldots,x_n]/I^k$ be? If $r\le n$ the smallest Hilbert function is achieved by any complete intersection, but for $r>n$, the question is in general very hard to answer. We study the problem for $r=n+1$, where the result is known for $k=1$. We also study a closely related problem, the Weak Lefschetz property, for $S/I^k$, where $I$ is the ideal generated by the $d$'th powers of the variables.

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