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Publications and source records attributed to Wolmer V. Vasconcelos.
The Sally module of a Rees algebra $\BB$ relative to one of its Rees subalgebras $Å$ is a construct that can be used as a mediator for the trade-off of cohomological (e.g. depth) information between $\BB$ and the corresponding associated graded ring for several types of filtrations. While originally devised to deal with filtrations of finite colength, here we treat aspects of these developments for filtrations in higher dimensions as well.
In dimension two, we study complete monomial ideals combinatorially, their Rees algebras and develop effective means to find their defining equations.
We study transformations of finite modules over Noetherian local rings that attach to a module $M$ a graded module $H^{0}_{\mathfrak{m}}( \mathrm{gr}_{I}(M))$ defined via partial systems of parameters of $M$. Despite the generality of the process, which are called $\mathbf{j}$-transforms, in numerous cases they have interesting cohomological properties. We focus on deriving the Hilbert functions of $\mathbf{j}$-transforms and studying the significance of the vanishing of some of its coefficients.
We aim at studying collections of algebraic structures defined over a commutative ring and investigating the complexity of significant constructions carried out on these objects. The assignment of measures of size, via a multiplicity theory, to the algebras and to the construction itself is a novel aspect to the subject.
Our purpose is to study the cohomological properties of the Rees algebras of a class of ideals generated by quadrics. For all such ideals $I\subset R = K[x,y,z]$ we give the precise value of depth $R[It]$ and decide whether the corresponding rational maps are birational. In the case of dimension $d \geq 3$, when $K=\mathbb{R}$, we give structure theorems for all ideals of codimension $d$ minimally generated by ${{d+1}\choose{2}}-1$ quadrics. For arbitrary fields $K$, we prove a polarized version.
We study almost complete intersections ideals whose Rees algebras are extremal in the sense that some of their fundamental metrics---depth or relation type---have maximal or minimal values in the class. The focus is on those ideals that lead to almost Cohen--Macaulay algebras and our treatment is wholly concentrated on the nonlinear relations of the algebras. Several classes of such algebras are presented, some of a combinatorial origin. We offer a different prism to look at these questions with accompanying techniques. The main results are effective methods to calculate the invariants of these algebras.
The Chern numbers of the title are the first coefficients (after the multiplicities) of the Hilbert functions of various filtrations of ideals of a local ring $(R, \mathfrak{m})$. For a Noetherian (good) filtration $\mathcal{A}$ of $\mathfrak{m}$-primary ideals, the positivity and bounds for $e_1(\mathcal{A})$ are well-studied if $R$ is Cohen-Macaulay, or more broadly, if $R$ is a Buchsbaum ring or mild generalizations thereof. For arbitrary geometric local domains, we introduce techniques based on the theory of maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules and of extended multiplicity functions to establish the meaning of the positivity of $e_1(\mathcal{A})$, and to derive lower and upper bounds for $e_1(\mathcal{A})$.
This paper considers the following conjecture: If $R$ is an unmixed, equidimensional local ring that is a homomorphic image of a Cohen-Macaulay local ring, then for any ideal $J$ generated by a system of parameters, the Chern coefficient $e_1(J)< 0$ is equivalent to $R$ being non Cohen-Macaulay. The conjecture is established if $R$ is a homomorphic image of a Gorenstein ring, and for all universally catenary integral domains containing fields. Criteria for the detection of Cohen-Macaulayness in equi-generated graded modules are derived.
We establish bounds for the coefficient $\bar{e}_1(I)$ of the Hilbert function of the integral closure filtration of equimultiple ideals. These values are shown to help control all algorithmic processes of normalization that make use of extensions satisfying the condition $S_2$ of Serre.
Let $(R, {\mathfrak m})$ be a Noetherian local ring and let $I$ be an ${\mathfrak m}$-primary ideal. In this paper we give sharp bounds on the multiplicity of the special fiber ring ${\mathcal F}$ of $I$ in terms of other well-known invariants of $I$. A special attention is then paid in studying when equality holds in these bounds, with a particular interest in the unmixedness or, better, the Cohen-Macaulayness of ${\mathcal F}$.
Among the several types of closures of an ideal $I$ that have been defined and studied in the past decades, the integral closure $\bar{I}$ has a central place being one of the earliest and most relevant. Despite this role, it is often a difficult challenge to describe it concretely once the generators of $I$ are known. Our aim in this note is to show that in a broad class of ideals their radicals play a fundamental role in testing for integral closedness, and in case $I\neq \bar{I}$, $\surd{I}$ is still helpful in finding some fresh new elements in $\bar{I}\setminus I$. Among the classes of ideals under consideration are: complete intersection ideals of codimension two, generic complete intersection ideals, and generically Gorenstein ideals.
The content of a polynomial $f(t)$ is the ideal generated by its coefficients. Our aim here is to consider a beautiful formula of Dedekind-Mertens on the content of the product of two polynomials, to explain some of its features from the point of view of Cohen-Macaulay algebras and to apply it to obtain some Noether normalizations of certain toric rings. Furthermore, the structure of the primary decomposition of generic products is given and some extensions to joins of toric rings are considered.
We exhibit the elementary but somewhat surprising property that most direct links of prime ideals in Gorenstein rings are equimultiple ideals. It leads to the construction of a bountiful set of Cohen--Macaulay Rees algebras.
We describe some of the determinantal ideals attached to symmetric, exterior and tensor powers of a matrix. The methods employed use elements of Zariski's theory of complete ideals and of representation theory.