We study the Cohen-Macaulay property of Rees algebras of modules of Kähler differentials. When the module of differentials has projective dimension one, it is known that condition $F_1$ is sufficient for the Rees algebra to be Cohen-Macaulay. The converse was proved if the module of differentials is already $F_0$. We weaken the condition $F_0$ globally by assuming some homogeneity condition.<br> <br> We are also interested in the defining ideal of the Rees algebra of a Jacobian module. If the Jacobian module is an ideal, we prove a formula for computing the defining ideal. Using the formula, we give an explicit description of the defining ideal in the monomial case. From there, we characterize the Cohen-Macaulay property of the Rees algebra.<br> <br> In the last chapter, we study Gorenstein linkage mostly in the graded case. In particular, we give an explicit example of a class of monomial ideals that are in the homogeneous Gorenstein linkage class of a complete intersection. To do so, we prove a Gorenstein double linkage construction that is analogous to Gorenstein biliaison.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-15T11:46:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 403531 bytes, checksum: ecf0300b6ad75f58a9c2431f8679a8ca (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-06-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Neste trabalho provamos o Teorema algebro-geométrico de Ganey, o qual caracteriza completamente as condições de Whitney de famílias de espaços analíticos complexos com singularidades arbitrárias em termos do fecho integral de módulos naturalmente associados a estas famílias. / Neste trabalho provamos o Teorema algebro-geométrico de Ganey, o qual caracteriza completamente as condições de Whitney de famílias de espaços analíticos complexos com singularidades arbitrárias em termos do fecho integral de módulos naturalmente associados a estas famílias.