Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 767-778, 2017
The cleanness of (symbolic) powers of Stanley-Reisner ideals
Somayeh Bandari, Ali Soleyman Jahan
Received April 8, 2016. First published August 8, 2017.
Abstract: Let $\Delta$ be a pure simplicial complex on the vertex set $[n]=\{1,\ldots,n\}$ and $I_\Delta$ its Stanley-Reisner ideal in the polynomial ring $S=K[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$. We show that $\Delta$ is a matroid (complete intersection) if and only if $S/I_\Delta^{(m)}$ ($S/I_\Delta^m$) is clean for all $m\in\mathbb{N}$ and this is equivalent to saying that $S/I_\Delta^{(m)}$ ($S/I_\Delta^m$, respectively) is Cohen-Macaulay for all $m\in\mathbb{N}$. By this result, we show that there exists a monomial ideal $I$ with (pretty) cleanness property while $S/I^m$ or $S/I^{(m)}$ is not (pretty) clean for all integer $m\geq3$. If $\dim(\Delta)=1$, we also prove that $S/I_\Delta^{(2)}$ ($S/I_\Delta^2$) is clean if and only if $S/I_\Delta^{(2)}$ ($S/I_\Delta^2$, respectively) is Cohen-Macaulay.
Keywords: clean; Cohen-Macaulay simplicial complex; complete intersection; matroid; symbolic power
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Affiliations: Somayeh Bandari, Department of Engineering Sciences and Physics, Buein Zahra Technical University, 3451745346, Buein Zahra, Iran, and School of Mathematics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), P. O. Box 19395-5746, Tehran, Iran, e-mail: somayeh.bandari@yahoo.com; Ali Soleyman Jahan, Department of Mathematics, University of Kurdistan, 66177-15175, Sanandaj, Iran, e-mail: solymanjahan@gmail.com
