GASC Seminar

 
Classifying families of Gorenstein quotients of e.g. codimension 4 of a polynomial ring

 

Jan Kleppe

Oslo University College
 
 

Northeastern University

Monday, February 7, 2005


 

Talk at 1:30 p.m. in 509 Lake Hall


 

Abstract:    Let B be a graded Cohen-Macaulay (CM) quotient of a polynomial ring R. If K, the canonical module of B, is locally free in some open set, one knows that a regular section f of the twisted B-dual K*(s) defines a Gorenstein quotient A given by

(1)     A = B/im f.

More generally if M is a (locally free) maximal CM module of rank < 4 whose top exterior power is locally a twist of K, then again a regular section of M*(s) defines a Gorenstein algebra by (1). Let GradAlg(H) be the scheme (similar to the usual Hilbert scheme) parametrizing graded quotients of R with fixed Hilbert function H, and let W be the subset of points (A) constructed by (1), by varying B, f and M. In the talk we examine the unobstructedness of A, the dimension of W and we look to whether W is dense in GradAlg(H) or not, with a special focus to Gorenstein algebras of codimension 4 of R.



Here are some directions to Northeastern University. Lake Hall can be best accessed from the entrance on the corner of Greenleaf Street and Leon Street.



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