Preface
I Monomial Ideals
1 Squarefree monomial ideals
1.1 Equivalent descriptions
1.2 Hilbert series
1.3 Simplicial complexes and homology
1.4 Monomial matrices
1.5 Betti numbers
Exercises
Notes
2 Borel-fixed monomial ideals
2.1 Group actions
2.2 Generic initial ideals
2.3 The Eliahou-Kervaire resolution
2.4 Lex-segment ideals
Exercises
Notes
3 Three-dimensional staircases
3.1 Monomial ideals in two variables
3.2 An example with six monomials.
3.3 The Buchberger graph
3.4 Genericity and deformations...
3.5 The planar resolution algorithm.
Exercises
Notes
4 Cellular resolutions
4.1 Construction and exactness
4.2 Betti numbers and K-polynomials
4.3 Examples of cellular resolutions
4.4 The hull resolution
4.5 Subdividing the simplex
Exercises
Notes
5 Alexander duality
5.1 Simplicial Alexander duality
5.2 Generators versus irreducible components.
5.3 Duality for resolutions
5.4 Cohull resolutions and other applications
5.5 Projective dimension and regular!ty
Exercises
Notes
6 Generic monomial ideals
6.1 Taylor complexes and genericity
6.2 The Scarf complex
6.3 Genericity by deformation
6.4 Bounds on Betti numbers
6.5 Cogeneric monomial ideals
Exercises
Notes
II Toric Algebra
7 Semigroup rings
7.1 Semigroups and lattice ideals
7.2 Affine semigroups and polyhedral cones
7.3 Hilbert bases
7.4 Initial ideals of lattice ideals
Exercises
Notes
8 Multigraded polynomial rings
8.1 Multigradings
8.2 Hilbert series and K-polynomials
8.3 Multigraded Betti numbers
8.4 K-polynomials in nonpositive gradings
8.5 Multidegrees
Exercises
Notes
9 Syzygies of lattice ideals
9.1 Betti numbers
9.2 Laurent monomial modules
9.3 Free resolutions of lattice ideals
9.4 Genericity and the Scarf complex
Exercises
Notes
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III Determinants
References
Glossary of notation
Index