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Commutative Algebra Seminar


Date: Friday, Apr 28, 2017

Time: 3:10PM - 4:00PM

Location: LCB 215


Mark Walker

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Title

The total rank conjecture

Abstract

The title refers to a conjecture on the sum of the ranks of all the free modules occurring in a free resolution of a module of finite projective dimension over a local ring. It is a weakened form of the Buchsbaum-Eisenbud-Horrocks Conjecture, which concerns a lower bound on the ranks of the individual free modules in such a resolution. I’ll sketch the proof of the total rank conjecture in certain cases and discuss possible generalizations.

Commutative Algebra

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