Intersections of Leray complexes and regularity of monomial ideals

dc.creatorKalai, Gil
dc.creatorMeshulam, Roy
dc.date2006-01-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:59:30Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:59:30Z
dc.descriptionFor a simplicial complex X and a field K, let h_i(X)=\dim \tilde{H}_i(X;K). It is shown that if X,Y are complexes on the same vertex set, then for all k h_{k-1}(X\cap Y) \leq \sum_{σ\in Y} \sum_{i+j=k} h_{i-1}(X[σ])\cdot h_{j-1}(\lk(Y,σ)) . A simplicial complex X is d-Leray over K, if h_i(Y)=0 for all induced subcomplexes Y \subset X and i \geq d. Let L_K(X) denote the minimal d such that X is d-Leray over K. The above theorem implies that if X,Y are simplicial complexes on the same vertex set then L_K(X \cap Y) \leq L_K(X) +L_K(Y). Reformulating this inequality in commutative algebra terms, we obtain the following result conjectured by Terai: If I,J are square-free monomial ideals in S=K[x_1,...,x_n], then reg(I+J) \leq reg(I)+reg(J)-1 where reg(I) denotes the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of I.
dc.description9 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601745
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601745
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/107771
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectCommutative Algebra
dc.subject13F55; 55U10
dc.titleIntersections of Leray complexes and regularity of monomial ideals
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