Let R be a commutative ring with identity such that R admits at least two maximal ideals. In this article, we associate a graph with R whose vertex set is the set of all proper ideals I of R such that I is not contained in the Jacobson radical of R and distinct vertices I and J are joined by an edge if and only if I and J are not comparable under the inclusion relation. The aim of this article ...

We provide some new conditions under which the graded Betti numbers of a mono-mial ideal can be computed in terms of the graded Betti numbers of smaller ideals, thus complementing Eliahou and Kervaire's splitting approach. As applications, we show that edge ideals of graphs are splittable, and we provide an iterative method for computing the Betti numbers of the cover ideals of Cohen-Macaulay b...

Let G be a simple undirected graph on n vertices, and let I(G) ⊆ R = k[x1, . . . , xn] denote its associated edge ideal. We show that all chordal graphs G are sequentially Cohen-Macaulay; our proof depends upon showing that the Alexander dual of I(G) is componentwise linear. Our result complements Faridi’s theorem that the facet ideal of a simplicial tree is sequentially Cohen-Macaulay and impl...

We characterize all graphs whose binomial edge ideals have a linear resolution. Indeed, we show that complete graphs are the only graphs with this property. We also compute some graded components of the first Betti number of the binomial edge ideal of a graph with respect to the graphical terms. Finally, we give an upper bound for the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of the binomial edge ideal of...

Let (P,≺) be a finite poset and let G be its comparability graph. If cl(G) is the clutter of maximal cliques of G, we prove that cl(G) satisfies the maxflow min-cut property and that its edge ideal is normally torsion free. We prove that edge ideals of complete admissible uniform clutters are normally torsion free. The normality of a monomial ideal is expressed in terms of blocking polyhedra an...