Title
Degree and Algebraic Properties of Lattice and Matrix Ideals.
Abstract
We study the degree of nonhomogeneous lattice ideals over arbitrary fields, and give formulas to compute the degree in terms of the torsion of certain factor groups of Z(s) and in terms of relative volumes of lattice polytopes. We also study primary decompositions of lattice ideals over an arbitrary field using the Eisenbud-Sturmfels theory of binomial ideals over algebraically closed fields. We then use these results to study certain families of integer matrices (positive critical binomial (PCB), generalized positive critical binomial (GPCB), critical binomial (CB), and generalized critical binomial (GCB) matrices) and the algebra of their corresponding matrix ideals. In particular, the family of GPCB matrices is shown to be closed under transposition, and previous results for PCB ideals are extended to GPCB ideals. Then, more particularly, we give some applications to the theory of 1-dimensional binomial ideals. If G is a connected graph, we show as a further application that the order of its sandpile group is the degree of the Laplacian ideal and the degree of the toppling ideal. We also use our earlier results to give a structure theorem for graded lattice ideals of dimension 1 in 3 variables and for homogeneous lattices in Z(3) in terms of CB ideals and CB matrices, respectively, thus complementing a well-known theorem of Herzog on the toric ideal of a monomial space curve.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1137/130922094
SIAM JOURNAL ON DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
lattice ideal,graded binomial ideal,degree,primary decomposition,PCB ideal
Integer,Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Fractional ideal,Lattice (order),Matrix (mathematics),Primary decomposition,Ideal (order theory),Boolean prime ideal theorem,Algebraically closed field,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
28
1
0895-4801
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.47
5
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Liam O’Carroll160.95
Francesc Planas-Vilanova230.47
Rafael H. Villarreal37515.69