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On the set of Hilbert polynomials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Alexander B. Levin
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The Catholic University of America, Washington DC 20064, United States of America
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We characterise the set of all Hilbert polynomials of standard graded algebras over a field and give solutions of some open problems on Hilbert polynomials. In particular, we prove that a chromatic polynomial of a graph is a Hilbert polynomial of some standard graded algebra.

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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2001

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