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A Polynomial Identity via Differential Operators

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Homological and Computational Methods in Commutative Algebra

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We give a new proof of a polynomial identity involving the minors of a matrix, that originated in the study of integer torsion in a local cohomology module.

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Acknowledgements

NSF support under grant DMS 1500613 is gratefully acknowledged. This paper owes an obvious intellectual debt to our collaborations with Bhargav Bhatt, Manuel Blickle, Gennady Lyubeznik, Uli Walther, and Wenliang Zhang; we take this opportunity to thank our coauthors.

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Singh, A.K. (2017). A Polynomial Identity via Differential Operators. In: Conca, A., Gubeladze, J., Römer, T. (eds) Homological and Computational Methods in Commutative Algebra. Springer INdAM Series, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61943-9_14

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