Upper bounds of depth of monomial ideals (Q357885)

Let \(I\subsetneq J\) ideals of \(S\) two squarefree monomial ideals in \(S\), a polynomial ring over a filed \(K\). The present paper gives some upper bounds on \(\mathrm{depth}_S(I/J)\) based on some inequalities among the numbers of squarefree monomials in \(I/J\) of different degrees. The results in the paper extend the following theorem in [\textit{J. Herzog, M. Vladoiu} and \textit{X. Zheng}, J. Algebra 322, No. 9, 3151--3169 (2009, Zbl 1186.13019)]: Theorem. Let \(\rho_t(I/J)\) be the number of all squarefree monomials of degree \(t\) in \(I/J\). IF \(\rho_d(I)>\rho_{d+1}(I\setminus J)\) then \(\mathrm{depth}_S(I/J)=d\) independently of the characteristic of \(K\). In particular, Theorem 1.3 in the paper extends this result saying that \(\mathrm{depth}_S(I/J)=t\) if \(\mathrm{depth}_S(I/J)\geq t\) and \[ \rho_{t+1}(I\setminus J)<\sum_{i=0}^{t-d}(-1)^{t-d+i}\rho_{d+i}(I\setminus J) \]