We investigate the Cox ring of a normal complete variety X with algebraic torus action. Our first results relate the Cox ring of X to that of a maximal geometric quotient of X . As a consequence, we obtain a complete description of the Cox ring in terms of generators and relations for varieties with torus action of complexity one. Moreover, we provide a combinatorial approach to the Cox ring us...

We investigate the Cox ring of a normal complete variety X with algebraic torus action. Our first results relate the Cox ring of X to that of a maximal geometric quotient of X. As a consequence, we obtain a complete description of the Cox ring in terms of generators and relations for varieties with torus action of complexity one. Moreover, we provide a combinatorial approach to the Cox ring usi...

It is a conjecture due to M. E. Rossi that the Hilbert function of a one-dimensional Gorenstein local ring is non-decreasing. In this article, we show that the Hilbert function is non-decreasing for local Gorenstein rings with embedding dimension four associated to monomial curves, under some arithmetic assumptions on the generators of their defining ideals in the noncomplete intersection case....

Let R be a local ring with maximal ideal m such that there exists a pair of elements a, b with (0 : a) = bR and (0 : b) = aR; we say that a pair a, b as above is an exact pair of zero divisors. We study minimal free resolutions of finitely generated R-modules M , with particular attention to the case when m = 0. Let e denote the minimal number of generators of m. If R is Gorenstein with m = 0 a...

We give a simple algorithm to decide whether a monomial ideal of nite colength in a polynomial ring is licci, i.e., in the linkage class of a complete intersection. The algorithm proves that whether or not such an ideal is licci does not depend on whether we restrict the linkage by only allowing monomial regular sequences, or homogeneous regular sequences, or arbitrary regular sequences. We app...

In this paper, we study the relation between m-strongly Gorenstein projective (resp. injective) modules and n-strongly Gorenstein projective (resp. injective) modules whenever m 6= n, and the homological behavior of n-strongly Gorenstein projective (resp. injective) modules. We introduce the notion of n-strongly Gorenstein flat modules. Then we study the homological behavior of n-strongly Goren...

Smooth surfaces have finitely generated canonical rings and projective canonical models. For normal surfaces, however, the graded ring of multicanonical sections is possibly nonnoetherian, such that the corresponding homogeneous spectrum is noncompact. I construct a canonical compactification by adding finitely many non-Q-Gorenstein points at infinity, provided that each Weil divisor is numeric...

Following a construction of Stanley we consider toric face rings associated to rational pointed fans. This class of rings is a common generalization of the concepts of Stanley–Reisner and affine monoid algebras. The main goal of this article is to unify parts of the theories of Stanley–Reisnerand affine monoid algebras. We consider (nonpure) shellable fan’s and the Cohen–Macaulay property. More...