For t in N, E.Miller has defined a category of positively t-determined modules over the polynomial ring S in n variables. We consider the AuslanderReiten translate, Nt, on the (derived) category of such modules. A monomial ideal I is t-determined if each generator x has a ≤ t. We compute the multigraded cohomology and betti spaces of N k t (S/I) for every iterate k and also the S-module structu...

Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring, a an ideal of R, and let M be a finitely generated R-module. For a non-negative integer t, we prove that H a(M) is a-cofinite whenever H t a(M) is Artinian and H i a(M) is a-cofinite for all i < t. This result, in particular, characterizes the a-cofiniteness property of local cohomology modules of certain regular local rings. Also, we show that for a loca...

For every prime integer p, M. Hochster conjectured the existence of certain p-torsion elements in a local cohomology module over a regular ring of mixed characteristic. We show that Hochster’s conjecture is false. We next construct an example where a local cohomology module over a hypersurface has p-torsion elements for every prime integer p, and consequently has infinitely many associated prim...

Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring, a an ideal of R, M and N be two finitely generated R-modules. Let t be a positive integer. We prove that if R is local with maximal ideal m and M ⊗R N is of finite length then H t m (M, N) is of finite length for all t ≥ 0 and lR(H t m (M, N)) ≤ ∑t i=0 lR(Ext i R (M, H m (N))). This yields, lR(H t m (M, N)) = lR(Ext t R(M, N)). Additionally, we show that ...

This paper finds its motivation in the pursuit of ideals whose local cohomology modules have maximal Hilbert functions. In [8], [9] we proved that the lexicographic (resp. squarefree lexicographic) ideal of a family of graded (resp. squarefree) ideals with assigned Hilbert function provides sharp upper bounds for the local cohomology modules of any of the ideals of the family. Moreover these bo...

Let S = k[x1, . . . , xn] be a polynomial ring over a field k with n variables x1, . . . , xn, m the irrelevant maximal ideal of S, I a monomial ideal in S and I ′ the polarization of I in the polynomial ring S′ with ρ variables. We show that each graded piece H i m (S/I)a, a ∈ Z , of the local cohomology module H i m (S/I) is isomorphic to a specific graded pieceH i+ρ−n m ′ (S′/I )α, α ∈ Z , o...

Formulas are obtained in terms of complete reductions for the bigraded components of local cohomology modules of bigraded Rees algebras of 0-dimensional ideals in 2-dimensional Cohen-Macaulay local rings. As a consequence, cohomological expressions for the coefficients of the Bhattacharya polynomial of such ideals are obtained.