Let I ⊂ R be a graded ideal in the polynomial ring R = K[x1, . . . , xn] where K is a field, and fix a term order <. It has been shown in [17] that the Hilbert functions of the local cohomology modules of R/I are bounded by those of R/ in(I), where in(I) denotes the initial ideal of I with respect to <. In this note we study the question when the local cohomology modules of R/I and R/ in(I) hav...

Shellability is a well-known combinatorial criterion on a simplicial complex ∆ for verifying that the associated Stanley-Reisner ring k[∆] is Cohen-Macaulay. A notion familiar to commutative algebraists, but which has not received as much attention from combinatorialists as the Cohen-Macaulay property, is the notion of a Golod ring. Recently, Jöllenbeck introduced a criterion on simplicial comp...

A commutative local Cohen-Macaulay ring R of finite Cohen-Macaulay type is known to be an isolated singularity; that is, Spec(R) \ {m} is smooth. This paper proves a non-commutative analogue. Namely, if A is a (non-commutative) graded Artin-Schelter Cohen-Macaulay algebra which is FBN and has finite Cohen-Macaulay type, then the non-commutative projective scheme determined by A is smooth.

We extend the definition of chordal from graphs to clutters. The resulting family generalizes both chordal graphs and matroids, and obeys many of the same algebraic and geometric properties. Specifically, the independence complex of a chordal clutter is shellable, hence sequentially Cohen-Macaulay; and the circuit ideal of a certain complement to such a clutter has a linear resolution. Minimal ...

In this survey paper we first present the main properties of sequentially Cohen-Macaulay modules. Some basic examples are provided to help reader with quickly getting acquainted topic. We then discuss two generalizations notion sequential Cohen-Macaulayness which inspired by a theorem J\"urgen Herzog and third author.

‎In this paper‎, ‎we give some necessary conditions for an $r$-partite graph such that the edge ring of the graph is Cohen-Macaulay‎. ‎It is proved that if there exists a cover of an $r$-partite Cohen-Macaulay graph by disjoint cliques of size $r$‎, ‎then such a cover is unique‎.