we always will try to reduce a polynomial ideal to a monomial ideal.
A set Г together with an operation * Г * Г -> Г is called commutative monoid if the following conditions are satisfied:
3.3 Propposition
the map $log: T^n \mapsto \mathbb{N}^n$, meaning $ x_1^{a_1} x_2^{a_2} ... x_n^{a_n} \mapsto (a_1, a_2, ..., a_n)$ is an isomorphism of commutative monoids.
Remark: in the book we look at the $P^r = {f_1, ..., f_r}\ |\ f_i \in P$ and submodules of $U <= P^r$, i.e.
3.4 Definition
A subset \triangle <= T^n is called a monoideal if t - \triangle <= \triangle for all t in T^n.
Let $\delta$ be a monoideal. A set of terms is called a ystem of generators of \delta if $\delta = T^n * n_1 u_1 + ... + n_r u_r$ for all $u_i \in \delta$ and $n_i \in \mathbb{N}$.
$\delta =
3.6. Proposition __important__
For n >= 1, the monoid $N^n$ is is noetherian (?), i.e. every monoideal is finitely generated.
proove it later.
3.8 Dicksons Lemma
Let $P = K[x]$ be a polynomial ring and $I <= P$ be an ideal. Then there exists a finite set of monomials $m_1, ..., m_r$ such that $I =
3.10. Proposition
Let $t_1... t_k \in T^n$ and $I = < t_1, ..., t_k >_p$.