In this paper, we generalize Hironaka’s invariants, the ridge and the directrix, of homogeneous ideals, to multihomogeneous ideals. These invariants are the minimal number of additive polynomials or linear forms to write a given ideal. We design algorithms to compute both these invariants which make use of the multihomogeneous structure of the ideal and study their complexities depending on the...

For an ideal I in a polynomial ring over a field, a monomial support of I is the set of monomials that appear as terms in a set of minimal generators of I. Craig Huneke asked whether the size of a monomial support is a bound for the projective dimension of the ideal. We construct an example to show that, if the number of variables and the degrees of the generators are unspecified, the projectiv...

Let A be the ring obtained by localizing the polynomial ring κ[X, Y, Z, W ] over a field κ at the maximal ideal (X, Y, Z, W) and modulo the ideal (XW − Y Z). Let p be the ideal of A generated by X and Y. We study the module structure of a minimal injective resolution of A/p in details using local cohomology. Applications include the description of Ext i A (M, A/p), where M is a module construct...

Let A be a Noetherian local ring with the maximal ideal m and an m-primary ideal J . Let F = {In}n≥0 be a good filtration of ideals in A. Denote by FJ (F) = ⊕ n≥0 (In/JIn)t n the fiber cone of F with respect to J. The paper characterizes the multiplicity and the CohenMacaulayness of FJ (F) in terms of minimal reductions of F .

The well known correspondence between even cycles of an undirected graph and polynomials in a binomial ideal associated to a graph is extended to odd cycles and polynomials in another binomial ideal. Other binomial ideals associated to an undirected graph are also introduced. The results about them with topics on monomial ideals are used in order to show decision procedures for bipartite graphs...

Let £ be a $0$-distributive lattice with the least element $0$, the greatest element $1$, and ${rm Z}(£)$ its set of zero-divisors. In this paper, we introduce the total graph of £, denoted by ${rm T}(G (£))$. It is the graph with all elements of £ as vertices, and for distinct $x, y in £$, the vertices $x$ and $y$ are adjacent if and only if $x vee y in {rm Z}(£)$. The basic properties of the ...

The characterization of ideal access structures and the search for bounds on the optimal information rate are two important problems in secret sharing. These problems are studied in this paper for access structures with intersection number equal to one, that is, access structures such that there is at most one participant in the intersection of any two different minimal qualified subsets. The m...

A certain squarefree monomial ideal HP arising from a finite partially ordered set P will be studied from viewpoints of both commutative algbera and combinatorics. First, it is proved that the defining ideal of the Rees algebra of HP possesses a quadratic Gröbner basis. Thus in particular all powers of HP have linear resolutions. Second, the minimal free graded resolution of HP will be construc...

A certain squarefree monomial ideal HP arising from a finite partially ordered set P will be studied from viewpoints of both commutative algebra and combinatorics. First, it is proved that the defining ideal of the Rees algebra of HP possesses a quadratic Gröbner basis. Thus in particular all powers of HP have linear resolutions. Second, the minimal free graded resolution of HP will be construc...

The ideal method of wound closure in children who present to the accident and emergency department with lacerations, is painless, rapid, easy to perform, safe, and results in minimal scarring. Tissue adhesives have relatively recently been used as a “no needle” alternative to conventional suturing. This review reports on the development of tissue adhesives and analyses how close they are to thi...