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Matthew Mastroeni

I am a Postdoc Research Associate in the Department of Mathematics at Iowa State University working in commutative algebra. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2018, where I was advised by Hal Schenck. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Oklahoma State University.

Contact Information

• Email: mmastro "at" iastate "dot" edu
• Office: 463 Carver Hall

Research

I am interested in computational and homological aspects of commutative algebra, especially the structure of free resolutions, Koszul algebras, linkage, and Rees algebras.

1. The InvariantRing package for Macaulay2
(with L. Ferraro, F. Galetto, F. Gandini, H. Huang, and X. Ni.) Submitted.
A significant update to the existing InvariantRing package for Macaulay2. In addition to expanding and improving the methods of the existing package for actions of finite groups, the updated package adds functionality for computing invariants of diagonal actions of tori and finite abelian groups as well as invariants of arbitrary linearly reductive group actions.
2. The structure of Koszul algebras defined by four quadrics
(with P. Mantero) Submitted.
Building on previous work, we prove structure theorems for the defining ideals of all Koszul algebras defined by height two ideals of four quadrics over an algebraically closed field. As a result, the structure of all Koszul algebras defined by at most four quadrics is well-understood, and we give applications to the Backelin-Roos property.
3. Quadratic Gorenstein rings and the Koszul property II
(with H. Schenck and M. Stillman) Submitted.
With the aim of answering the question for which codimensions $$c$$ and regularities $$r$$ is every quadratic Gorenstein ring $$R$$ with $$\codim R = c$$ and $$\reg R = r$$ Koszul, we prove that quadratic Gorenstein rings with $$c = r + 1$$ are always Koszul, and for all $$c \geq r + 2 \geq 6$$, we construct quadratic Gorenstein rings that are not Koszul.
4. Betti numbers of Koszul algebras defined by four quadrics
(with P. Mantero) J. Pure Appl. Algebra. To appear.
We give an affirmative answer to a question of Avramov, Conca, and Iyengar about the Betti numbers of Koszul algebras for all Koszul algebras defined by 4 quadrics. In the process, we completely describe the Betti tables of Koszul algebras of codimension 2 defined by 4 quadrics and prove a structure theorem for those of multiplicity 2.
5. Quadratic Gorenstein rings and the Koszul property I
(with H. Schenck and M. Stillman) Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 374 (2021), no. 2, 1077-1093.
We negatively answer a question of Conca, Rossi, and Valla about whether every quadratic Gorenstein ring of regularity 3 is Koszul by using idealization to construct non-Koszul quadratic Gorenstein rings of regularity 3 for every codimension greater than or equal to 9.
6. Koszul almost complete intersections
J. Algebra 501 (2018), 285-302.
We prove a structure theorem for the defining ideals of Koszul almost complete intersections and, in the process, give an affirmative answer for all such rings to a question of Avramov, Conca, and Iyengar about the Betti numbers of Koszul algebras.
7. Matrix factorizations and singularity categories in codimension two
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 146 (2018), no. 11, 4605–4617.
We show how to functorially connect the Eisenbud-Peeva matrix factorizations of a complete intersection of codimension two to its singularity category by way of the graded matrix factorizations of Burke and Walker.

Teaching

Oklahoma State University
 Math 2144: Calculus 1 Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018 Math 2153: Calculus 2 Fall 2019 Math 3013: Linear Algebra Spring 2020 Math 3613: Introduction to Abstract Algebra Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
University of Illinois
 Math 124: Finite Mathematics Spring 2018 Math 221: Calculus 1 Fall 2016, Fall 2015 Math 231: Calculus 2 Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 Math 241: Calculus 3 Fall 2013
Syracuse University
 MAT 221: Elementary Probability and Statistics 1 Fall 2011, Spring 2011 MAT 286: Calculus for the Life Sciences Spring 2012