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Flat semigroups and weighted homogeneous surface singularities

Zsolt Baja and Tamás László

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 26 (2026) 201–226
DOI: 10.2140/agt.2026.26.201
Abstract

We consider numerical semigroups associated with normal weighted homogeneous surface singularities with rational homology sphere links. We say that a semigroup is representable if it can be realized in this way.

We characterize the representable semigroups by proving that they are exactly those semigroups which can be written as a quotient of a flat semigroup. As an intermediate step, we study the class of flat semigroups and show that they can be represented by a special subclass of isolated complete intersection singularities whose defining equations can be given explicitly.

Keywords
numerical semigroups, Frobenius problem, weighted homogeneous surface singularities, Seifert rational homology spheres, flat semigroups
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 20M14, 32S05, 32S25, 32S50
Secondary: 14B05
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Publication
Received: 30 October 2023
Revised: 17 December 2024
Accepted: 9 February 2025
Published: 16 January 2026
Authors
Zsolt Baja
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Babes-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca
Romania
Tamás László
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Babes-Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca
Romania

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