Analogs of Gr\"obner Bases in Polynomial Rings over a Ring

Abstract

In this paper we will define analogs of Gr\"obner bases for $R$-subalgebras and their ideals in a polynomial ring $R[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ where $R$ is a noetherian integral domain with multiplicative identity and in which we can determine ideal membership and compute syzygies. The main goal is to present and verify algorithms for constructing these Gr\"obner basis counterparts. As an application, we will produce a method for computing generators for the first syzygy module of a subset of an $R$-subalgebra of $R[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ where each coordinate of each syzygy must be an element of the subalgebra.