DD-modules, Bernstein-Sato polynomials and FF-invariants of direct summands

We study the structure of $D$-modules over a ring $R$ which is a direct summand of a polynomial or a power series ring $S$ with coefficients over a field. We relate properties of $D$-modules over $R$ to $D$-modules over $S$. We show that the localization $R_f$ and the local cohomology module $H^i_I(R)$ have finite length as $D$-modules over $R$. Furthermore, we show the existence of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial for elements in $R$. In positive characteristic, we use this relation between $D$-modules over $R$ and $S$ to show that the set of $F$-jumping numbers of an ideal $I\subseteq R$ is contained in the set of $F$-jumping numbers of its extension in $S$. As a consequence, the $F$-jumping numbers of $I$ in $R$ form a discrete set of rational numbers. We also relate the Bernstein-Sato polynomial in $R$ with the $F$-thresholds and the $F$-jumping numbers in $R$.Comment: 24 pages. Comments welcome

An extension of the coupled-cluster method: A variational formalism

A general quantum many-body theory in configuration space is developed by extending the traditional coupled cluter method (CCM) to a variational formalism. Two independent sets of distribution functions are introduced to evaluate the Hamiltonian expectation. An algebraic technique for calculating these distribution functions via two self-consistent sets of equations is given. By comparing with the traditional CCM and with Arponen's extension, it is shown that the former is equivalent to a linear approximation to one set of distribution functions and the later is equivalent to a random-phase approximation to it. In additional to these two approximations, other higher-order approximation schemes within the new formalism are also discussed. As a demonstration, we apply this technique to a quantum antiferromagnetic spin model.Comment: 15 pages. Submitted to Phys. Rev.