We develop a multigraded variant of Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity. Motivated by toric geometry, we work with modules over a polynomial ring graded by a finitely generated abelian group. As in the standard graded case, our definition of multigraded regularity involves the vanishing of graded components of local cohomology. We establish the key properties of regularity: its connection with the m...

This paper explains the relation between the fusion product of symmetric power sln evaluation modules, as defined by Feigin and Loktev, and the graded coordinate ring Rμ which describes the cohomology ring of the flag variety Flμ′ of GLN . The graded multiplicity spaces appearing in the decomposition of the fusion product into irreducible sln-modules are identified with the multiplicity spaces ...

We study a question raised by Eisenbud, Mustaţǎ, and Stillman regarding the injectivity of natural maps from Ext modules to local cohomology modules. We obtain some positive answers to this question which extend earlier results of Lyubeznik. In the process, we also prove a vanishing theorem for local cohomology modules which connects theorems previously known in the case of positive characteris...

Let a denote an ideal of a local ring (R, m). Let M be a finitely generated Rmodule. There is a systematic study of the formal cohomology modules lim ←− H m(M/a M), i ∈ Z. We analyze their R-module structure, the upper and lower vanishing and non-vanishing in terms of intrinsic data of M, and its functorial behavior. These cohomology modules occur in relation to the formal completion of the pun...

The socle of a graded Buchsbaum module is studied and is related to its local cohomology modules. This algebraic result is then applied to face enumeration of Buchsbaum simplicial complexes and posets. In particular, new necessary conditions on face numbers and Betti numbers of such complexes and posets are established. These conditions are used to settle in the affirmative Kühnel’s conjecture ...

The socle of a graded Buchsbaum module is studied and is related to its local cohomology modules. This algebraic result is then applied to face enumeration of Buchsbaum simplicial complexes and posets. In particular, new necessary conditions on face numbers and Betti numbers of such complexes and posets are established. These conditions are used to settle in the affirmative Kühnel’s conjecture ...