On the annihilators of local cohomology modules (Q1938526)

Throughout, \(R\) is a Noetherian ring and \(M\) is a nonzero finitely generated \(R\)-module of positive dimension. The authors define \(T_R(M):= \bigcup_{N \in S} N\) where \(S=\{N \mid N \leq M, \dim N < \dim M\}\). In this short paper, the authors make use of a theorem of [\textit{E. G. Evans} and \textit{P. Griffith}, Syzygies. Cambridge etc.: Cambridge University Press (1985; Zbl 0569.13005)] to show in a complete Noetherian local ring that \(\text{Ann}_R H_{\mathfrak{m}}^d(M)=\text{Ann}_R M/T_R(M)\) for a \(d\)-dimensional finitely generated \(R\)-module \(M\). As a corollary they show for a \(d\)-dimensional Noetherian local ring \(\text{Ann}_R H_{\mathfrak{m}}^d(R)=0\) if and only if \(\text{Ass}_R(R)=\text{Assh}_R(R).\) They also compute \(\sqrt{\text{Ann}_R H_{\mathfrak{m}}^n(M)}\) for positive \(n\).