Level property of ordinary and symbolic powers of Stanley-Reisner ideals (Q2314996)

Let \(\Delta\) be a simplicial complex on \([n]=\{1,\ldots,n\}\), \(S=K[x_1,\ldots,x_n]\) a polynomial over a field \(K\), and \(I_{\Delta}\) the Stanley-Reisner ideal of \(\Delta\) over \(K\). The purpose of this paper is to study the following question: {Question.} When is \(S/I_{\Delta}^t\) or \(S/I_{\Delta}^{(t)}\) a level ring for \(t\geq 1\)? Here \(I_{\Delta}^{(t)}\) is the \(t\)-th symbolic power of \(I_{\Delta}\). The authors give a complete answer to the above question for \(t\geq 3\). For \(t=2\), they give a characterization of level property of the second symbolic power \(I_{\Delta}^{(2)}\) when \(\Delta\) is a matroid complex of dimension one.