Given a homomorphism of commutative noetherian rings R → S and an S–module N , it is proved that the Gorenstein flat dimension of N over R, when finite, may be computed locally over S. When, in addition, the homomorphism is local and N is finitely generated over S, the Gorenstein flat dimension equals sup {m ∈ Z | Torm(E,N) 6= 0}, where E is the injective hull of the residue field of R. This re...

Contravariantly finite resolving subcategories of the category of finitely generated modules have been playing an important role in the representation theory of algebras. In this paper we study contravariantly finite resolving subcategories over commutative rings. The main purpose of this paper is to classify contravariantly finite resolving subcategories over a henselian Gorenstein local ring;...

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...

Let I be an m-primary ideal of a Noetherian local ring (R,m). We consider the Gorenstein and complete intersection properties of the associated graded ring G(I) and the fiber cone F (I) of I as reflected in their defining ideals as homomorphic images of polynomial rings over R/I and R/m respectively. In case all the higher conormal modules of I are free over R/I , we observe that: (i) G(I) is C...

Let I be an m-primary ideal in a Gorenstein local ring (A,m) with dimA = d, and assume that I contains a parameter ideal Q in A as a reduction. We say that I is a good ideal in A if G = ∑ n≥0 I n/In+1 is a Gorenstein ring with a(G) = 1−d. The associated graded ring G of I is a Gorenstein ring with a(G) = −d if and only if I = Q. Hence good ideals in our sense are good ones next to the parameter...

We define a notion of total acyclicity for complexes of flat quasi-coherent sheaves over a semi-separated noetherian scheme, generalising complete flat resolutions over a ring. By studying these complexes as objects of the pure derived category of flat sheaves we extend several results about totally acyclic complexes of projective modules to schemes; for example, we prove that a scheme is Goren...

Let R be a local Cohen-Macaulay ring with canonical module ωR. We investigate the following question of Huneke: If the sequence of Betti numbers {β i (ωR)} has polynomial growth, must R be Gorenstein? This question is well-understood when R has minimal multiplicity. We investigate this question for a more general class of rings which we say are homologically of minimal multiplicity. We provide ...

We develop a theory of G-dimension over local homomorphisms which encompasses the classical theory of G-dimension for finitely generated modules over local rings. As an application, we prove that a local ring R of characteristic p is Gorenstein if and only if it possesses a nonzero finitely generated module of finite projective dimension that has finite G-dimension when considered as an R-modul...

Given a homomorphism of commutative noetherian rings R → S and an S–module N , it is proved that the Gorenstein flat dimension of N over R, when finite, may be computed locally over S. When, in addition, the homomorphism is local and N is finitely generated over S, the Gorenstein flat dimension equals sup {m ∈ Z | TorRm(E,N) 6= 0}, where E is the injective hull of the residue field of R. This r...

We introduce and investigate the notion of GC -projective modules over (possibly non-noetherian) commutative rings, where C is a semidualizing module. This extends Holm and Jørgensen’s notion of C-Gorenstein projective modules to the non-noetherian setting and generalizes projective and Gorenstein projective modules within this setting. We then study the resulting modules of finite GC-projectiv...