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Graded Betti numbers of powers of ideals

Using the concept of vector partition functions, we investigate the asymptotic behavior of graded Betti numbers of powers of homogeneous ideals in a polynomial ring over a field. Our main results state that if the polynomial ring is equipped with a positive $\ZZ$-grading, then the Betti numbers of powers of ideals are encoded by finitely many polynomials. More precisely, in the case of $\ZZ$-grading, $\ZZ^2$ can be splitted into a finite number of regions such that each region corresponds to a polynomial that depending to the degree $(μ, t)$, $\dim_k \left(\tor_i^S(I^t, k)_μ \right)$ is equal to one of these polynomials in $(μ, t)$. This refines, in a graded situation, the result of Kodiyalam on Betti numbers of powers of ideals. Our main statement treats the case of a power products of homogeneous ideals in a $\ZZ^d$-graded algebra, for a positive grading.