Title

Stanley's nonunimodal Gorenstein h-vector is optimal

Authors

Juan Migliore, University of Notre Dame
Fabrizio Zanello, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

9-29-2016

Abstract

We classify all possible h-vectors of graded artinian Gorenstein algebras in socle degree 4 and codimension ≤ 17, and in socle degree 5 and codimension ≤ 25. We obtain as a consequence that the least number of variables allowing the existence of a nonunimodal Gorenstein h-vector is 13 for socle degree 4, and 17 for socle degree 5. In particular, the smallest nonunimodal Gorenstein h-vector is (1, 13, 12, 13, 1), which was constructed by Stanley in his 1978 seminal paper on level algebras. This solves a longstanding open question in this area. All of our results are characteristic free.

Publisher's Statement

Copyright 2016 American Mathematical Society. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/13381

Publication Title

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Recommended Citation

Migliore, J., & Zanello, F. (2016). Stanley's nonunimodal Gorenstein h-vector is optimal. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 145, 1-9. http://doi.org/10.1090/proc/13381
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