We describe some recent work concerning Gorenstein liaison of codimension two subschemes of a projective variety. Applications make use of the algebraic theory of maximal Cohen–Macaulay modules, which we review in an Appendix.

In this paper, from an arbitrary smooth projective curve of genus at least two, we construct a non-Gorenstein Cohen-Macaulay normal domain and a nonfree totally reflexive module over it.

Let Λ be an Auslander’s 1-Gorenstein Artinian algebra with global dimension 2. If Λ admits a trivial maximal 1-orthogonal subcategory of modΛ, then for any indecomposable module M ∈ modΛ, we have that the projective dimension of M is equal to 1 if and only if so is its injective dimension and that M is injective if the projective dimension of M is equal to 2, which implies that Λ is almost here...

Batyrev has defined the stringy E-function for complex varieties with at most log terminal singularities. It is a rational function in two variables if the singularities are Gorenstein. Furthermore, if the variety is projective and its stringy E-function is a polynomial, Batyrev defined its stringy Hodge numbers essentially as the coefficients of this E-function, generalizing the usual notion o...

Abstract We show that finitely generated Cox rings are Gorenstein. This leads to a refined characterization of varieties Fano type: they exactly those projective with Gorenstein canonical quasicone ring. then for type and Kawamata log terminal quasicones X , iteration is finite factorial master In particular, even if the class group has torsion, we can express such as quotients by solvable redu...

We introduce the generalized Serre functor S on a skeletally-small Hom-finite Krull-Schmidt triangulated category C. We prove that its domain Cr and range Cl are thick triangulated subcategories. Moreover, the subcategory Cr (resp. Cl) is the smallest additive subcategory containing all the objects in C which appears as the third term (resp. the first term) of some Aulsander-Reiten triangle in ...

We prove that every projective embedding of a connected scheme determined by the complete linear series of a sufficiently ample line bundle is defined by the 2×2 minors of a 1-generic matrix of linear forms. Extending the work of Eisenbud-Koh-Stillman for integral curves, we also provide effective descriptions for such determinantally presented ample line bundles on products of projective space...

Let Λ be an Auslander’s 1-Gorenstein Artinian algebra with global dimension two. If Λ admits a trivial maximal 1-orthogonal subcategory of modΛ, then for any indecomposable module M ∈ modΛ, we have that the projective dimension of M is equal to one if and only if so is its injective dimension and that M is injective if the projective dimension of M is equal to two. In this case, we further get ...

We prove that any affine, resp. polarized projective, spherical variety admits a flat degeneration to an affine, resp. polarized projective, toric variety. Motivated by Mirror Symmetry, we give conditions for the limit toric variety to be a Gorenstein Fano, and provide many examples. We also provide an explanation for the limits as boundary points of the moduli space of stable pairs whose exist...