Elements with unique length factorization of a numerical semigroup generated by three consecutive numbers

Let S be the numerical semigroup generated by three consecutive numbers a,a +1,a +2, where a ¿ N, a = 3. We describe the elements of S whose factorizations have all the same length, as well as the set of factorizations of each of these elements. We give natural partitions of this subset of S in term...

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Autores: García Sánchez, Pedro A., González Hernández, Laura|||0000-0001-8517-6061, Planas Vilanova, Francesc d'Assís|||0000-0001-6200-1189
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/450261
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/450261
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00233-025-10601-7
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Semigroups
Numerical semigroup
Set of factorizations
Unique length factorization
Apéry set
Betti element
Semigrups
Classificació AMS::20 Group theory and generalizations::20M Semigroups
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Àlgebra::Teoria de grups
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Sumario:Let S be the numerical semigroup generated by three consecutive numbers a,a +1,a +2, where a ¿ N, a = 3. We describe the elements of S whose factorizations have all the same length, as well as the set of factorizations of each of these elements. We give natural partitions of this subset of S in terms of the length and the denumerant. By using Apéry sets and Betti elements we are able to extend some of these results to any general numerical semigroup S . These results provide a better understanding of the defining ideals associated with Moh’s examples and certain variants, which are related to the defining ideals of the semigroup rings k[t a ,t b ,t c ]. Moreover, the elements with unique length factorizations in S are useful to study the minimal generating sets of these ideals.