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On the arithmetical rank of monomial ideals. (English) Zbl 0639.13015

If I is an ideal of a commutative ring A, then the arithmetical rank of I, \(ara_ A I\), is the minimum number of elements of A generating I up to radical. The author proves the following theorem: Let A be the polynomial ring \(k [X_ 0,...,X_ n]\) in \(n + 1\) indeterminates, localized at \((X_ 0,...,X_ n)\), with k an infinite field, and let I be an ideal generated by monomials in the \(X_ i\) such that all its minimal prime ideals are of height \(\leq t\). Then \(ara_ A I \leq n + 1 - [n / t].\)
Reviewer: L.Badescu

MSC:

13F20 Polynomial rings and ideals; rings of integer-valued polynomials
13A15 Ideals and multiplicative ideal theory in commutative rings
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