Tony J. Puthenpurakal

On generalization of two results of Foxby

Let $(A,\mathfrak{m})$ be a Noetherian local ring of dimension $d$ and let $M$ be a finitely generated $A$-module. Assume $M$ has rank $r>0$. We show that if $M$ is NOT Cohen-Macaulay then $\mu_d(\mathfrak{m}, M)>r$. If further $A$ is unmixed and $\mu_n(\mathfrak{m}, M) \leq 1$ for some $n \geq d$ then we prove $\text{injdim} \ M<\infty$ and $A$ is Cohen-Macaulay.