We describe how the graded minimal resolution of certain semigroup algebras is related to the combinatorics of some simplicial complexes. We obtain characterizations of the Cohen-Macaulay and Gorenstein conditions. The Cohen-Macaulay type is computed from combinatorics. As an application, we compute explicitly the graded minimal resolution of monomial both affine and simplicial projective surfaces.

Let $R$ be a commutative Noetherian ring, $I$ an ideal of $R$. Let $t\in {\mathbb{N}}_0$ be an integer and $M$ an $R$-module such that ${\mathrm{Ext}}_R^i(R/I,M)$ is minimax for all $i\le t+1$. We prove that if $H_I^i\left(M\right)$ is ${\mathrm{FD}}_{\le 1}$ (or weakly Laskerian) for all $i<t$, then the $R$-modules $H_I^i\left(M\right)$ are $I$-cominimax for all $i<t$ and ${\mathrm{Ext}}_R^i(R/I,H_I^t\left(M\right))$ is minimax for $i=0,1$. Let $N$ be a finitely generated $R$-module. We prove that ${\mathrm{Ext}}_R^j(N,H_I^i\left(M\right))$ and ${\mathrm{Tor}}_j^R(N,H_I^i\left(M\right))$ are $I$-cominimax for all $i$ and $j$ whenever $M$ is minimax and $H_I^i\left(M\right)$ is ${\mathrm{FD}}_{\le 1}$ (or weakly Laskerian) for all $i$.

Alexander and Hirschowitz determined the Hilbert function of a generic union of fat points in a projective space when the number of fat points is much bigger than the greatest multiplicity of the fat points. Their method is based on a lemma which determines the limit of a linear system depending on fat points approaching a divisor.Other Hilbert functions were computed previously by Nagata. In connection with his counter-example to Hilbert’s fourteenth problem, Nagata determined the Hilbert function...

We investigate how one can detect the dualizing property for a chain complex over a commutative local Noetherian ring $R$. Our focus is on homological properties of contracting endomorphisms of $R$, e.g., the Frobenius endomorphism when $R$ contains a field of positive characteristic. For instance, in this case, when $R$ is $F$-finite and $C$ is a semidualizing $R$-complex, we prove that the following conditions are equivalent: (i) $C$ is a dualizing $R$-complex; (ii) $C\sim 𝐑{\mathrm{Hom}}_R{(}^{n}R,C)$ for some $n>0$; (iii) ${\mathrm{G}}_C{\text{-dim}}^{n}R<\infty$ and $C$ is derived $𝐑{\mathrm{Hom}}_R{(}^{n}R,C)$-reflexive...