Fel's Conjecture on Syzygies of Numerical Semigroups

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Authors: Evan Chen, Chris Cummins, GSM, Dejan Grubisic, Leopold Haller, Letong Hong, Andranik Kurghinyan, Kenny Lau, Leather Hugh, Seewoo Lee, Aram Markosyan, Ken Ono
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Abstract

Let $S=\langle d_1,\dots,d_m\rangle$ be a numerical semigroup and $k[S]$ its semigroup ring. The Hilbert numerator of $k[S]$ determines normalized alternating syzygy power sums $K_p(S)$ encoding alternating power sums of syzygy degrees. Fel conjectured an explicit formula for $K_p(S)$, for all $p\ge 0$, in terms of the gap power sums $G_r(S)=\sum_{g\notin S} g^r$ and universal symmetric polynomials $T_n$ evaluated at the generator power sums $σ_k=\sum_i d_i^k$ (and $δ_k=(σ_k-1)/2^k$). We prove Fel's conjecture via exponential generating functions and coefficient extraction, solating the universal identities for $T_n$ needed for the derivation. The argument is fully formalized in Lean/Mathlib, and was produced automatically by AxiomProver from a natural-language statement of the conjecture.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Commutative Algebra and Its Applications Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics Polynomial and algebraic computation

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arXiv (Cornell University)
Publication date
3 February 2026
Document type
Preprint