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Journal of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society

Volume 41, Issue 1, March 2026  pp. 1–8.

Linear resolution of products of monomial ideals related to maximal minors

Authors:  Arindam Banerjee, Dipankar Ghosh and S Selvaraja
Author institution:Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West~Bengal~721~302, India.

Summary:  Let X be an m × n matrix of distinct indeterminates over a field K , where m ≤ n. Set the polynomial ring K[X] := K[X{ij} : 1 ≤ i ≤ m, 1 ≤ j ≤ n]. Let 1 ≤ k ˂ l ≤ n be such that l - k + 1 ≥ m . Consider the submatrix Y{kl} of consecutive columns of X from k th column to l th column. Let J{kl} be the ideal generated by ‘diagonal monomials’ of all m × m submatrices of Y{kl}, where the diagonal monomial of a square matrix means product of its main diagonal entries. We show that J{k{1} l{1}} J{k{2} l{2}} ⋯ J{k{s} l{s}} has a linear free resolution, where k{1} ≤ k{2} ≤ ⋯ ≤ k{s} and l{1} ≤ l{2} ≤ ⋯ ≤ l{s}. This result is a variation of a theorem due to Bruns and Conca. Moreover, our proof is self-contained, elementary and combinatorial.


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