12/07/2002, 11:00 — 12:00 — Room P3.10, Mathematics Building
Alberto Corso, University of Kentucky
Hilbert-Samuel coefficients of normal ideals
We study the interplay between the integral closedness - or even
the normality - of an
-primary ideal
and conditions on the
Hilbert-Samuel coefficients of
. We relate these properties to the
Cohen-Macaulayness of the associated graded ring of
.