Newton filtrations, graded algebras and codimension of non-degenerate ideals

Abstract

We investigate a generalization of the method introduced by Kouchnirenko to compute the codimension (colength) of an ideal under a certain non-degeneracy condition on a given system of generators of I . We also discuss Newton non-degenerate ideals and give characterizations using the notion of reductions and Newton polyhedra of ideals.