A Note on the Multiplicity of Cohen-Macaulay Algebras with Pure Resolutions

Let R = k[X1, …, Xn] with k a field, and let I ⊂ R be a homogeneous ideal. The algebra R/I is said to have a pure resolution if its homogeneous minimal resolution has the formSome of the known examples of pure resolutions include the coordinate rings of: the tangent cone of a minimally elliptic singularity or a rational surface singularity [15], a variety defined by generic maximal Pfaffians [2], a variety defined by maximal minors of a generic matrix [3], a variety defined by the submaximal minors of a generic square matrix [6], and certain of the Segre-Veronese varieties [1].If I is in addition Cohen-Macaulay, then Herzog and Kühl have shown that the betti numbers bi are completely determined by the twists di.