### Abstracts

Ian Aberbach

Title: Uniform Artin-Rees bounds for Syzygies

Abstract: Let (R,m) be a Noetherian local ring of dimension d, M a finitely generated R-module, and F a finite free resolution of M. Let Zi be the ith syzygy module in the resolution. Eisenbud and Huneke raised the following uniform Artin-Rees style question: Given an ideal I, is there a uniform k such that for all i > 0 and for all n > 0 the containment Zi ∩ In Fi-1 ⊆ In-kZi? They were able to show that this is true if M has both constant rank and finite projective dimension on the punctured spectrum. We show, in fact, that not only is the general answer yes, but that the uniformity is true to a much greater extent. While the beginning of the resolution may be quite badly behaved, once we get to the dth syzygy, we get uniform behavior for all modules and all ideals in R. Specifically, we show that there exists k ≥ 0 such that for all finitely generated modules M, for all ideals I, and for i > d, Zi ∩ In Fi-1 ⊆ In-kZi. The proof relies on Huneke's uniform Artin-Rees theorem, and can also be viewed as an extension of that theorem. This work is joint with Aline Hosry and Janet Striuli.

Tom Marley

Title: Rigidity of Ext and Tor with coefficients in residue fields

Abstract: This is joint work with Lars Christensen and Srikanth Iyengar. Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring and p a prime ideal. Let k(p) denote the residue field of Rp. We say that Ext*R(k(p), -) is rigid at n if whenever ExtnR(k(p),M)=0 for any R-module M (not necessarily finitely generated) then ExtiR(k(p), M)=0 for all i ≥ n. We define TorR*(k(p),-) to be rigid at n in an analogous manner. We show that Ext*R(k(p), -) is rigid at n = dim R + dim Rp + 1 and TorR*(k(p),-) is rigid at n = dim R_p +1.

Jonathan Montano

Title: Local cohomology of powers of monomial ideals

Abstract: Let (R,m) be a commutative local ring of dimension d and I an R-ideal. Let L(M) be the length of the module M. The asymptotic behavior of the sequence L(H0m(R/In)) for n > 0 has been studied by several authors. For example, Dale Cutkosky proved that if R is analytically unramified and d > 0, the limit of the sequence L(H0m(R/In))/nd exists for any I. In this work, we focus on the sequence L(Him(R/In)) for i>0. We are able to show that for a monomial ideal I, if L(Him(R/In)) is finite for n >> 0, then this sequence coincides with a quasi-polynomial. Moreover, for a family of square-free quadratic monomial ideals we show that the limit of the sequence L(Him(R/In))/nd exists. We also prove the existence of a related limit that involves the minimal degree of the modules Him(R/In). This is joint work with Hailong Dao.

Claudia Pollini

Title: Composition series of local cohomology modules

Abstract: A long standing problem in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra is to determine whether every irreducible curve in projective three-space is the intersection of two hypersurfaces. One way to approach this problem is via the study of local cohomology modules. As modules over the ring, local cohomology modules are huge (neither finitely generated nor Artinian), hence intractable. However, as modules over the Weil algebra D they have a finite composition series and become manageable. Hence an important task is to understand the D-module structure of local cohomology modules. In this talk we describe their composition series. This is joint work with Robin Hartshorne.

Steven Sam