The vanishing of the first tight Hilbert coefficient for Buchsbaum rings
Duong Thi Huong, Nguyen Tuan Long, Pham Hung Quy
TL;DR
The paper investigates when the vanishing of the first tight Hilbert coefficient $e_1^*(Q)$ forces $F$-rationality in local rings of positive characteristic. It proves that if $R$ is excellent, reduced, Buchsbaum and satisfies $(S_2)$, then $e_1^*(Q)=0$ for some parameter ideal $Q$ implies that $R$ is $F$-rational, with the converse following from known results. The argument hinges on the inequality $e_1^*(Q)\ge e_0(Q)-\ell(R/Q^*)+e_1(Q)$ and a detailed analysis of limit closures $Q^{\lim}$ together with local cohomology data; the equality case further yields Cohen–Macaulayness and thus $F$-rationality. The authors also show that the $(S_2)$ condition cannot be dropped and discuss extensions to mixed characteristic via big Cohen–Macaulay approaches.
Abstract
We prove that if the first tight Hilbert coefficient vanishes then ring is $F$-rational provided it is a Buchsbaum local ring satisfying the $(S_2)$ condition.
