Principal ideal properties of \(R\)-sequences and asymptotic sequences (Q1192257)

The main results of this paper show how a series of well-known properties of ideals \(I\) and \(J\) in a commutative Noetherian ring with identity \(R\) related to a regular nonunit \(b\) of \(R\) can be extended when \(b\) is replaced by an ideal \(B\) that is generated by an \(R\)-sequence contained in \(I\) and \(J\). For instance, it is proved that \(\text{Ass}(R/I)\subseteq\text{Ass}(R/B^ nI)\subseteq\text{Ass}(R/I)\cup\text{Ass}(R/B)\) for all \(n\geq 1\), and the second inclusion is an equality if height\((P)\) = height\((B)\) for every prime divisor \(P\) of \(B\), and this holds when \(R\) is Cohen-Macaulay. Also, an asymptotic sequence version of these results is given.