Toric Initial Ideals of $Δ$-Normal Configurations: Cohen-Macaulayness and Degree Bounds

dc.creatorO'Shea, Edwin
dc.creatorThomas, Rekha R.
dc.date2003-08-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:00:20Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:00:20Z
dc.descriptionA normal (respectively, graded normal) vector configuration $A$ defines the toric ideal $I_A$ of a normal (respectively, projectively normal) toric variety. These ideals are Cohen-Macaulay, and when $A$ is normal and graded, $I_A$ is generated in degree at most the dimension of $I_A$. Based on this, Sturmfels asked if these properties extend to initial ideals -- when $A$ is normal, is there an initial ideal of $I_A$ that is Cohen-Macaulay, and when $A$ is normal and graded, does $I_A$ have a Gröbner basis generated in degree at most $dim(I_A)$ ? In this paper, we answer both questions positively for $Δ$-normal configurations. These are normal configurations that admit a regular triangulation $Δ$ with the property that the subconfiguration in each cell of the triangulation is again normal. Such configurations properly contain among them all vector configurations that admit a regular unimodular triangulation. We construct non-trivial families of both $Δ$-normal and non-$Δ$-normal configurations.
dc.description18 pages, 2 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0308109
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0308109
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/68298
dc.subjectCommutative Algebra
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subject13P02, 05E02
dc.titleToric Initial Ideals of $Δ$-Normal Configurations: Cohen-Macaulayness and Degree Bounds
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