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Residue ideals of hyperplane arrangements

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Pith's one-line read Residue ideals give explicit generators for logarithmic forms on graphic arrangements and link them to cover ideals of graphs.

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arxiv 2606.16091 v2 pith:3SK2IDOQ submitted 2026-06-15 math.CO math.ACmath.AG

Takuro Abe , Satoshi Murai This is my paper · ORCID
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The authors introduce residue ideals to study modules of logarithmic differential forms on hyperplane arrangements. They establish basic properties of these ideals, including radicals and primary decompositions, and derive consequences for freeness of arrangement restrictions. For graphic arrangements they produce explicit generating sets and identify a correspondence with cover ideals of graphs from combinatorial commutative algebra. This correspondence creates several new ties between arrangement theory and Stanley-Reisner theory.

What carries the argument

Residue ideals, constructed from modules of logarithmic differential forms, used to compute radicals, primary decompositions, and explicit generators.

What would settle it

A concrete hyperplane arrangement whose residue ideal has a radical or primary decomposition different from the one predicted by the stated formulas.

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Core claim

We introduce residue ideals to study modules of logarithmic differential forms of hyperplane arrangements. We establish basic properties of these ideals, including their radicals and primary decompositions, and obtain applications for freeness of restrictions of arrangements. Then we apply these ideals to the study of modules of logarithmic differential 1-forms for graphic arrangements. We give an explicit generating set for these modules and find a new connection to cover ideals of graphs studied in combinatorial commutative algebra. As a consequence we establish several new connections between arrangement theory and Stanley-Reisner theory.

Load-bearing premise

Residue ideals are well-defined for arbitrary hyperplane arrangements and their radicals and primary decompositions behave as claimed without further restrictions.

Editorial extensions

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  • Residue ideals admit explicit radicals and primary decompositions for any hyperplane arrangement.
  • These properties supply criteria for freeness of restrictions of hyperplane arrangements.
  • Modules of logarithmic 1-forms on graphic arrangements possess explicit generating sets coming from the residue ideals.
  • Cover ideals of graphs correspond directly to the residue ideals attached to graphic arrangements.
  • Arrangement theory acquires new algebraic links to Stanley-Reisner theory through the cover-ideal correspondence.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same residue-ideal construction might produce explicit generators for non-graphic arrangements once suitable combinatorial models are identified.
  • Computer algebra implementations could test freeness of restrictions by computing the residue ideal and its decomposition.
  • The Stanley-Reisner connection may yield new combinatorial invariants that distinguish free versus non-free arrangements.
  • Deletion and restriction operations on arrangements could be shown to induce corresponding operations on the associated residue ideals.
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Summary. The manuscript introduces residue ideals associated to hyperplane arrangements as a tool for studying modules of logarithmic differential forms. It establishes basic properties of these ideals, including their radicals and primary decompositions, derives applications to the freeness of restrictions of arrangements, and specializes to graphic arrangements by providing an explicit generating set for the modules of logarithmic 1-forms together with a connection to cover ideals of graphs, yielding new links to Stanley-Reisner theory.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the introduction of residue ideals supplies a new algebraic device that unifies aspects of arrangement theory with combinatorial commutative algebra. The explicit generators for graphic cases and the resulting connections to cover ideals constitute a concrete advance that could enable further explicit computations and strengthen the interface between the two fields. No machine-checked proofs or parameter-free derivations are claimed.

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  1. [Section 2] The definition and first properties of residue ideals would benefit from a concrete low-dimensional example (e.g., a central arrangement in rank 2 or 3) to make the subsequent radical and primary-decomposition statements easier to follow.
  2. [Sections 3 and 4] Notation for the residue ideal and its relation to the logarithmic module should be introduced once and used consistently; occasional shifts between ideal-theoretic and module-theoretic language appear in the applications to graphic arrangements.

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We thank the referee for the positive summary, significance assessment, and recommendation of minor revision. No major comments were provided in the report, so we have no specific points to address point-by-point. We will incorporate any minor suggestions during the revision process to strengthen the exposition and connections to Stanley-Reisner theory.

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full rationale

The paper introduces residue ideals as a novel construction for studying logarithmic differential forms on hyperplane arrangements, then proves their radicals, primary decompositions, and applications to freeness and graphic arrangements via explicit generating sets and links to cover ideals. These steps rely on standard commutative algebra techniques applied to the newly defined objects rather than any self-referential definitions, fitted parameters renamed as predictions, or load-bearing self-citations. The abstract and structure show independent content in the proofs, with no equations or claims reducing by construction to their own inputs.

Assumptions & free parameters 0 free parameters · 1 assumptions · 1 invented entities

The paper rests on the standard background theory of hyperplane arrangements and logarithmic modules; the new residue ideals are defined within that framework. No free parameters or invented physical entities appear in the abstract.

assumptions (1)
  • domain assumption Standard algebraic properties of logarithmic differential forms and hyperplane arrangements hold in the ambient polynomial ring.
    The entire development presupposes the existing theory of arrangements and logarithmic modules.
invented entities (1)
  • residue ideal
    purpose: Algebraic object attached to modules of logarithmic forms to study their structure and freeness.
    Newly defined construct whose properties are then proved; no independent existence outside the paper is claimed.

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abstract

In this paper, we introduce a new idea to study modules of logarithmic differential forms of hyperplane arrangements, which we call residue ideals. We first establish basic properties of these ideals, including their radicals and primary decompositions, and obtain applications for freeness of restrictions of arrangements. Then we apply these ideals to the study of modules of logarithmic differential $1$-forms for graphic arrangements. We give an explicit generating set for these modules and find a new connection to cover ideals of graphs studied in combinatorial commutative algebra. As a consequence we establish several new connections between arrangement theory and Stanley--Reisner theory.

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