The Hilbert depth of a module M is the maximum depth that occurs among all
modules with the same Hilbert function as M. In this note we compute the
Hilbert depths of the powers of the irrelevant maximal ideal in a standard
graded polynomial ring.
In this paper we present two independent computational proofs that the monoid
derived from $5\times 5\times 3$ contingency tables is normal, completing the
classification by Hibi and Ohsugi. We show that Vlach's vector disproving
normality for the monoid derived from $6\times 4\times 3$ contingency tables is
the unique minimal such vector up to symmetry. Finally, we compute the full
Hilbert basis of the cone associated with the non-normal monoid of the
semi-graphoid for $|N|=5$. The computations are based on extensions of the
packages LattE-4ti2 and Normaliz.
Normaliz is a program for solving linear systems of inequalities. In this
paper we present the algorithms implemented in the program, starting with
version 2.0.
Stanley decompositions of multigraded modules $M$ over polynomials rings have
been discussed intensively in recent years. There is a natural notion of depth
that goes with a Stanley decomposition, called the Stanley depth. Stanley
conjectured that the Stanley depth of a module $M$ is always at least the
(classical) depth of $M$. In this paper we introduce a weaker type of
decomposition, which we call Hilbert decomposition, since it only depends on
the Hilbert function of $M$, and an analogous notion of depth, called Hilbert
depth.