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Something is irrational in Hilbert-Kunz theory

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May 10, 2013
Keywords:
  • finite-length modules
  • vector bundles
  • characteristic p
  • commutative algebra
  • birational algebraic geometry
  • singularities of varieties
  • multiplier ideals
MSC:
  • 13A35
  • 13A15
  • 13A18
  • 13Axx
  • 13-xx
  • 14-xx
  • 14Exx
  • 14E05
  • 14E15
Abstract
Monsky asked whether the Hilbert-Kunz multiplicity of a ring can ever be irrational. One may expand the question to Hilbert-Kunz multiplicities of m-primary ideals, or even more generally to finite-length modules (defined by Seibert). Using techniques arising from the algebraic geometry of vector bundles, the speaker finds an example where the Hilbert-Kunz multiplicity of a finite-length module is irrational.
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