The linear syzygy graph of a monomial ideal and linear resolutions

Manouchehri, Erfan ; Soleyman Jahan, Ali

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal, Tome 71 (2021) no. 3, pp. 785-802.

Résumé

For each squarefree monomial ideal $I\subset S = k[x_{1},\ldots , x_{n}] $, we associate a simple finite graph $G_I$ by using the first linear syzygies of $I$. The nodes of $G_I$ are the generators of $I$, and two vertices $u_i$ and $u_j$ are adjacent if there exist variables $x, y$ such that $xu_i = yu_j$. In the cases, where $G_I$ is a cycle or a tree, we show that $I$ has a linear resolution if and only if $I$ has linear quotients and if and only if $ I $ is variable-decomposable. In addition, with the same assumption on $G_I$, we characterize all squarefree monomial ideals with a linear resolution. Using our results, we characterize all Cohen-Macaulay codimension $2$ monomial ideals with a linear resolution. As another application of our results, we also characterize all Cohen-Macaulay simplicial complexes in the case, where $G_{\Delta }\cong G_{I_{\Delta ^{\vee }}}$ is a cycle or a tree.

Détail

DOI : 10.21136/CMJ.2020.0099-20

Classification : 13D02, 13F20, 13F55
Keywords: monomial ideal; linear resolution, linear quotient; variable-decomposability; Cohen-Macaulay simplicial complex