%0 Journal Article %A Ojeda, Ignacio %A Vigneron Tenorio, Alberto %T The short resolution of a semigroup Algebra %D 2017 %@ 1755-1633 %U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33967 %X This work generalises the short resolution given by Pisón Casares ['The short resolution of a lattice ideal', Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 131(4) (2003), 1081-1091] to any affine semigroup. We give a characterisation of Apéry sets which provides a simple way to compute Apéry sets of affine semigroups and Frobenius numbers of numerical semigroups. We also exhibit a new characterisation of the Cohen-Macaulay property for simplicial affine semigroups. %K free resolution %K Betti number %K semigroup algebra %K affine semigroup %K Apery set %K Frobenius problem %~ Universidad de Cádiz