For a finitely generated A-module M we define the dimension filtration M = {Mi}0≤i≤d, d = dimA M, where Mi denotes the largest submodule of M of dimension ≤ i. Several properties of this filtration are investigated. In particular, in case the local ring (A,m) possesses a dualizing complex, then this filtration occurs as the filtration of a spectral sequence related to duality. Furthermore, we c...

We examine some recent work of Phillip Griffith on étale covers and fibered products from the point of view of tight closure theory. While it is known that cyclic covers of Gorenstein rings with rational singularities are Cohen-Macaulay, we show this is not true in general in the absence of the Gorenstein hypothesis. Specifically, we show that the canonical cover of a Q-Gorenstein ring with rat...

A few years ago, Huneke and Leuschke proved a theorem which solved a conjecture of Schreyer. It asserts that an excellent Cohen-Macaulay local ring of countable Cohen-Macaulay type which is complete or has uncountable residue field has at most a one-dimensional singular locus. In this paper, it is verified that the assumption of the excellent property can be removed, and the theorem is consider...

Let R be a Cohen-Macaulay ring and M a maximal CohenMacaulay R-module. Inspired by recent striking work by Iyama, BurbanIyama-Keller-Reiten and Van den Bergh we study the question of when the endomorphism ring of M has finite global dimension via certain conditions about vanishing of Ext modules. We are able to strengthen certain results by Iyama on connections between a higher dimension versio...

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...

In this paper we study Cohen-Macaulay local rings of dimension d, multiplicity e and second Hilbert coefficient e2 in the case e2=e1−e+1. Let h=μ(m)−d. If e2≠0 then our can prove that type(A)≥e−h−1. type(A)=e−h−1 show associated graded ring G(A) is Cohen-Macaulay. next when type(A)=e−h determine all possible series A. depthG(A) completely determines Series

Abstract We consider the dominant dimension of an order over a Cohen-Macaulay ring in category centrally modules. There is canonical tilting module case positive and we give upper bound on global its endomorphism ring.

The Chern numbers of the title are the first coefficients (after the multiplicities) of the Hilbert functions of various filtrations of ideals of a local ring (R, m). For a Noetherian (good) filtration A of m-primary ideals, the positivity and bounds for e1(A) are well-studied if R is Cohen-Macaulay, or more broadly, if R is a Buchsbaum ring or mild generalizations thereof. For arbitrary geomet...

The aim of this paper is to investigate properties of the local cohomology of rings of mixed characteristic that are analogous to Segre products of rings de ned over a eld. The main question is whether the local cohomology can be almost killed in a nite extension (we de ne what this means below). There are two reasons for considering this type of ring. First, there are special properties of the...