Resolutions mod I, Golod pairs

Let R be a commutative ring, I be an ideal in R and let M be a R/ I -module. In this thesis we construct a R/ I -projective resolution of M using given R-projective resolutions of M and I. As immediate consequences of our construction we give descriptions of the canonical maps Ext_R/I(M,N) -> Ext_R(M,N) and Tor^R_N(M, N) -> Tor^R/I_n(M, N) for a R/I module N and we give a new proof of a theorem of Gulliksen [6] which states that if I is generated by a regular sequence of length r then ∐∞_n=o Tor^R/I_n (M, N) is a graded module over the polynomial ring R/ I [X₁. .. X_r] with deg X_i = -2, 1 ≤ i ≤ r. If I is generated by a regular element and if the R-projective dimension of M is finite, we show that M has a R/ I-projective resolution which is eventually periodic of period two.

This generalizes a result of Eisenbud [3]. In the case when R = (R, m) is a Noetherian local ring and M is a finitely generated R/ I -module, we discuss the minimality of the constructed resolution. If it is minimal we call (M, I) a Golod pair over R. We give a direct proof of a theorem of Levin [10] which states thdt if (M,I) is a Golod pair over R then (Ωⁿ_R/IR/I(M),I) is a Golod pair over R where Ωⁿ_R/IR/I(M) is the nth syzygy of the constructed R/ I -projective resolution of M. We show that the converse of the last theorem is not true and if (Ω¹_R/IR/I(M),I) is a Golod pair over R then we give a necessary and sufficient condition for (M, I) to be a Golod pair over R.

Finally we prove that if (M, I) is a Golod pair over R and if a ∈ I - mI is a regular element in R then (M, (a)) and (1/(a), (a)) are Golod pairs over R and (M,I/(a)) is a Golod pair over R/(a). As a corrolary of this result we show that if the natural map π : R → R/1 is a Golod homomorphism ( this means (R/m, I) is a Golod pair over R ,Levin [8]), then the natural maps π₁ : R → R/(a) and π₂ : R/(a) → R/1 are Golod homomorphisms.