Gröbner bases of certain determinantal ideals.
On the generalized Davenport constant and the Noether number
Known results on the generalized Davenport constant relating zero-sum sequences over a finite abelian group are extended for the generalized Noether number relating rings of polynomial invariants of an arbitrary finite group. An improved general upper degree bound for polynomial invariants of a non-cyclic finite group that cut out the zero vector is given.
Groups with large Noether bound
The finite groups having an indecomposable polynomial invariant of degree at least half the order of the group are classified. It turns out that –apart from four sporadic exceptions– these are exactly the groups with a cyclic subgroup of index at most two.
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