Eulerian graded $D$-modules

Abstract

Let $R$ be a polynomial ring over a field $K$ of arbitrary characteristic and $D$ be the ring of differential operators over $R$. Inspired by Euler formula for homogeneous polynomials, we introduce a class of graded $D$-modules, called Eulerian graded $D$-modules. It is proved that a vast class of $D$-modules, including all composite of local cohomology modules, $H_{J_0}^{i_0}(H_{J_1}^{i_1}...(H_{J_n}^{i_n}(R)))$ where $J_1,...,J_n$ are homogeneous ideals of $R$, are Eulerian graded. As an application of our theory, we prove that in all characteristic, these composite of local cohomology modules must be isomorphic to a direct sum of $^{*}E(n)$, the graded injective hull of $R/m$ shifted by $n$. This answers a question raised in arXiv:1102.5336. An application of our theory of Eulerian graded $D$-modules to the graded injective hull of $R/P$, where $P$ is a homogeneous prime ideal of $R$, is discussed as well.