\(C_{4}\)-free edge ideals (Q1935382)

The paper under review is inspired by the question of for which graphs do all powers of the edge ideals have linear resolutions. It is known (cf. \textit{D. Eisenbud} et al., [Compos. Math. 141, No. 6, 1460--1478 (2005; Zbl 1086.14044)] and \textit{H.T. Hà} and \textit{A. Van Tuyl} [J. Algebra 309, No. 1, 405--425 (2007; Zbl 1151.13017)]) that the edge ideal \(I(G)\) of a graph \(G\) has linear presentation if and only if the complementary graph \(G^c\) contains no induced 4-cycles. The problem is what would the condition that \(G^c\) contains no induced 4-cycles imply about powers of the edge ideal \(I(G)\). The main results of the paper show that the condition that \(G^c\) contains no induced 4-cycles has strong implications on the lcm-lattice of powers of \(I(G)\), and in particular, the regularity of powers of \(I(G)\) can be computed from structures of lcm-lattices of powers of \(I(G)\).