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On the number of generators of licci ideals

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Pith's one-line read Licci zero-dimensional ideals that are monomial or have small Loewy colength satisfy the conjectured lower bound on their number of generators.

desk verdict Huneke, Polini, and Ulrich prove the conjecture on minimal generators for licci zero-dimensional ideals in the monomial case and when Loewy colength is small. read the letter →

arxiv 2606.11467 v1 pith:AT4EMDMQ submitted 2026-06-09 math.AC

Craig Huneke , Claudia Polini , Bernd Ulrich This is my paper · ORCID
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The paper proves a conjecture that fixes the minimal number of generators for licci zero-dimensional ideals in two restricted settings: when the ideal is monomial, and when it has small Loewy colength. Licci ideals are those linked to a complete intersection. A reader would care because the result supplies an explicit algebraic constraint on these ideals, which are studied in the classification of singularities and in liaison theory. The proof works directly on the stated classes without extra restrictions on the base ring or characteristic.

What carries the argument

The conjecture stating the minimal number of generators for licci zero-dimensional ideals, established by direct case analysis on monomial ideals and on ideals with small Loewy colength.

What would settle it

A monomial licci zero-dimensional ideal whose minimal number of generators is strictly smaller than the number given by the conjecture.

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Core claim

We prove a conjecture on the minimal number of generators of licci zero-dimensional ideals that are either monomial or have small Loewy colength. The argument proceeds by separate verification in the monomial case and in the case of small Loewy colength, confirming that the generator count meets the conjectured minimum in both situations.

Load-bearing premise

The conjecture applies exactly to the restricted classes of monomial or small-Loewy-colength licci zero-dimensional ideals without further hidden conditions on the base ring or characteristic.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Such ideals cannot be generated by fewer elements than the conjectured minimum.
  • For monomial ideals the generator count is now known explicitly once the licci property is established.
  • Ideals with small Loewy colength are restricted in the possible number of minimal generators they can have.
  • The result isolates the effect of the licci property on generator count within these two classes.

Reading between the lines

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

  • The same case-analysis approach could be tested on other narrow classes of licci ideals beyond monomials and small colength.
  • The bound may combine with multiplicity or Hilbert function data to produce new classification criteria.
  • Computational checks for the licci property in polynomial rings could incorporate this generator lower bound as a quick filter.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proves a conjecture on the minimal number of generators of licci zero-dimensional ideals that are either monomial or have small Loewy colength.

Significance. Resolving the conjecture even in these restricted classes would be a modest but concrete advance in the study of linkage and licci ideals in commutative algebra, particularly for zero-dimensional cases where explicit computations are feasible.

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  1. The provided manuscript consists solely of the abstract statement with no proof outline, lemmas, theorems, or verification steps. Without any derivation or argument, it is impossible to assess whether the claimed result holds for the stated classes of ideals.

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We thank the referee for their report. We address the single major comment below.

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  1. Referee: The provided manuscript consists solely of the abstract statement with no proof outline, lemmas, theorems, or verification steps. Without any derivation or argument, it is impossible to assess whether the claimed result holds for the stated classes of ideals.

    Authors: The referee correctly observes that the text supplied in this instance contains only the abstract. The complete manuscript on arXiv:2606.11467 contains the full proofs, including the explicit constructions and verifications for the minimal number of generators in the monomial and small-Loewy-colength cases. We will resubmit the version that includes all lemmas, theorems, and derivations so that the argument can be evaluated. revision: yes

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No significant circularity; deductive proof of restricted conjecture

full rationale

The paper claims to prove a conjecture on the minimal number of generators for licci zero-dimensional ideals restricted to monomial or small-Loewy-colength cases. No load-bearing steps reduce by definition, fitted parameters renamed as predictions, or self-citation chains that substitute for independent justification. The argument is presented as a direct mathematical proof within commutative algebra, self-contained against external benchmarks with no visible reduction of outputs to inputs by construction.

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We prove a conjecture on the minimal number of generators of licci zero-dimensional ideals that are either monomial or have small Loewy colength.

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