Global dimension of real-exponent polynomial rings

Abstract

The ring R of real-exponent polynomials in n variables over any field has global dimension n + 1 and flat dimension n. In particular, the residue field k = R/m of R modulo its maximal graded ideal m has flat dimension n via a Koszullike resolution. Projective and flat resolutions of all R-modules are constructed from this resolution of k. The same results hold when R is replaced by the monoid algebra for the positive cone of any subgroup of R n satisfying a mild density condition.