paper

Normalization of Ideals and Briancon-Skoda Numbers

arXiv:math/0508211

Abstract

We establish bounds for the coefficient of the Hilbert function of the integral closure filtration of equimultiple ideals. These values are shown to help control all algorithmic processes of normalization that make use of extensions satisfying the condition of Serre.

16 pages. to appear in Math. Res. Letters