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Cohen--Macaulayness versus the vanishing of the first Hilbert coefficient of parameter ideals

arXiv:1002.0391 · doi:10.1112/jlms/jdq008

Abstract

The conjecture of Wolmer Vasconcelos on the vanishing of the first Hilbert coefficient $e_{1} (Q)$ is solved affirmatively, where $Q$ is a parameter ideal in a Noetherian local ring. Basic properties of the rings for which $e_{1} (Q)$ vanishes are derived. The invariance of $e_{1} (Q)$ for parameter ideals $Q$ and its relationship to Buchsbaum rings are studied.

To appear in the Journal of the London Mathematical Society