We show that a finite regular cell complex with the intersection property is a Cohen-Macaulay space iff the top enriched cohomology module is the only nonvanishing one. We prove a comprehensive generalization of Balinski’s theorem on convex polytopes. Also we show that for any Cohen-Macaulay cell complex as above, although there is now generalization of the Stanley-Reisner ring of simplicial co...

A balanced Cohen-Macaulay algebra is a connected algebra A having a balanced dualizing complex ωA[d] in the sense of Yekutieli (1992) for some integer d and some graded A-A bimodule ωA. We study some homological properties of a balanced Cohen-Macaulay algebra. In particular, we will prove the following theorem: Theorem 0.1. Let A be a Noetherian balanced Cohen-Macaulay algebra, and M a nonzero ...

In [11], Haiman proved the remarkable result that the isospectral Hilbert scheme of points in the plane is normal, Cohen-Macaulay and Gorenstein. He also showed that this implies the n! conjecture and the positivity conjecture for the Kostka-Macdonald coefficients. In addition, he conjectured that the isospectral Hilbert scheme over the principal component of Hilb(Cd) is Cohen-Macaulay for any ...

In the winter of 1999 I gave a series of lectures at Queen’s university about some recent results concerning the Cohen-Macaulay property of invariants of Hopf algebras. Tony Geramita asked me to write up my notes for the Queen’s Papers, and I happily took up his suggestion. Although this article focuses on the proof of one main theorem (Theorem 2.11 on page 12), it has some of the character of ...