Finite criteria for weak \(F\)-regularity (Q1815235)

This paper will investigate the following question: Given any Cohen-Macaulay ring \(R\) of prime characteristic \(p\), can one construct in a natural way an ideal \(I \subset R\) such that \(R\) is weakly \(F\)-regular if and only if \(I\) is tightly closed in \(R\)? We shall refer to such an ideal as a ``critical'' ideal. This question is closely related to the TF-boundedness of the ring \(R\), as defined by \textit{L. J. Williams} [J. Algebra 172, No. 3, 721-743 (1995; Zbl 0830.13005)], where she used this notion to investigate the connection between weak and strong \(F\)-regularity. The first part of this paper will define this property (which will henceforth be referred to as ``\(F\)-boundedness''.) The first part of the paper shows the existence of critical ideals in \(F\)-bounded rings. The rest of the paper will extend these results for tight closure in characteristic zero where the notion of ``fiberwise tightly closed'' ideals is defined and later used to produce a critical ideal in the sense that if this ideal is fiberwise tightly closed then a certain set of ideals are tightly closed. We also identify certain affine \(\mathbb{N}\)-graded rings where the notions of weak \(F\)-regular type and strong \(F\)-regularity are equivalent.