Mathematics – Algebraic Geometry
Scientific paper
2009-12-10
Mathematics
Algebraic Geometry
23 pages; changes have been made following suggestions of the referee; explicit statements are now included for dimensions gre
Scientific paper
We study Hilbert functions of certain non-reduced schemes A supported at finite sets of points in projective space, in particular, fat point schemes. We give combinatorially defined upper and lower bounds for the Hilbert function of A using nothing more than the multiplicities of the points and information about which subsets of the points are linearly dependent. When N=2, we give these bounds explicitly and we give a sufficient criterion for the upper and lower bounds to be equal. When this criterion is satisfied, we give both a simple formula for the Hilbert function and combinatorially defined upper and lower bounds on the graded Betti numbers for the ideal defining A, generalizing results of Geramita-Migliore-Sabourin (2006). We obtain the exact Hilbert functions and graded Betti numbers for many families of examples, interesting combinatorially, geometrically, and algebraically. Our method works in any characteristic. AWK scripts implementing our results can be obtained at http://www.math.unl.edu/~bharbourne1/CHT/Example.html .
Cooper Susan
Harbourne Brian
Teitler Zach
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