Waldschmidt constants for Stanley-Reisner ideals of a class of graphs (Q1627508)

Let \(\mathbb{K}\) be a field and \(S=\mathbb{K}[x_0,\dots,x_N]\) be a polynomial ring over \(\mathbb{K}\). For any homogeneous ideal \(I\subset S\), the smallest degree of a non-zero element in \(I\) is denoted by \(\alpha(I)\). The Waldschmidt constant of \(I\) is asymptotically defined as \[ \widehat{\alpha}(I)=\lim_{m\rightarrow \infty}\frac{\alpha(I^{(m)})}{m}, \] where \(I^{(m)}\) is the \(m\)-th symbolic power of \(I\). It is well-known that \(\widehat{\alpha}(I)=\inf_{m\geq 1}\frac{\alpha(I^{(m)})}{m}\). In the paper under review, the authors study Waldschmidt constants of Stanley-Reisner ideals of a hypergraph and a graph with vertices forming a bipyramid over a planar \(n\)-gon. The case of the hypergraph has been studied by \textit{C. Bocci} and \textit{B. Franci} [J. Algebra Appl. 15, No. 7, Article ID 1650137, 13 p. (2016; Zbl 1345.13012)] and their main result is reproved in this paper. The case of the graph is new. Interestingly, both cases provide series of ideals with Waldschmidt constants descending to \(1\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 1400.13003].