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Let G be a reductive group over ℂ and let W be a finite-dimensional representation of W. Set R = SW, the symmetric algebra of W. Then it follows from the famous Hochster-Roberts theorem [7] that RG is Cohen-Macaulay.
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Van den Bergh, M. (1995). Modules of Covariants. In: Chatterji, S.D. (eds) Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9078-6_29
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