# ALGEBRAIC COMBINATORICS

Minimal free resolutions of lattice ideals of digraphs
Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 1 (2018) no. 2, p. 283-326
Based upon a previous work of Manjunath and Sturmfels for a finite, complete, undirected graph, and a refined algorithm by Eröcal, Motsak, Schreyer and Steenpaß for computing syzygies, we display a free resolution of the lattice ideal associated to a finite, strongly connected, weighted, directed graph. Moreover, the resolution is minimal precisely when the digraph is strongly complete.
Revised : 2018-02-07
Accepted : 2018-02-08
Published online : 2018-03-02
DOI : https://doi.org/10.5802/alco.15
Classification:  13D02,  13P10,  05C25,  05C50,  05EXX
Keywords: Directed graph, lattice ideal, Gröbner basis, minimal free resolution
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O’Carroll, Liam; Planas-Vilanova, Francesc. Minimal free resolutions of lattice ideals of digraphs. Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 1 (2018) no. 2, pp. 283-326. doi : 10.5802/alco.15. https://alco.centre-mersenne.org/item/ALCO_2018__1_2_283_0/

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