Resurgence number of graded families of ideals

Abstract

We define the resurgence and asymptotic resurgence numbers associated to a pair of graded families of ideals in a Noetherian ring. These notions generalize the well-studied resurgence and asymptotic resurgence of an ideal in a polynomial ring. We examine when these invariant are finite and rational. We investigate situations where these invariant can be computed via Rees valuations or realized as actual limits of well-defined sequences. We study how the asymptotic resurgence changes when a family is replaced by its integral closure. Many examples are given to illustrate that whether or not known properties of resurgence and asymptotic resurgence of an ideal would extend to that of a pair of graded families of ideals generally depends on the Noetherian property and finite generation of the Rees algebras of these families.