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The canonical modules of graded rings defined by generic matrices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Yuji Yoshino*
Affiliation:
Nagoya University
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Let k be a field, and X = [xij] be an n × (n + m) matrix whose elements are algebraically independent over k.

We shall study the canonical module of the graded ring R, which is a quotient ring of the polynomial ring A = k[X] by the ideal αn(X) generated by all the n × n minors of X.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1981

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