Algebraic and homological properties of generalized mixed product ideals (Q2291675)

Given a monomial ideal \(I\) in the polynomial ring \(K[x_1, \ldots,x_n]\), for each \(x_i\), one introduces new variables \(x_{i1},\ldots,x_{im_i}\). In each minimal generator \(x^{a_1}_1\ldots x^{a_n}_n\), one replaces each factor \(x^{a_i}_i\) by a monomial ideal in the variables \(x_{i1},\ldots,x_{im_i}\) generated in degree \(a_i\). The resulting ideal \(L\) is called a generalized mixed product ideal induced by \(I\). \textit{J. Herzog} et al. [Arch. Math. 103, No. 1, 39--51 (2014; Zbl 1303.13012)] showed that if each of these replacement ideals has a linear resolution, then the regularity of \(L\) is the same as the regularity of \(I\). In the paper under review the author gives a characterization of the Cohen-Macaulay generalized mixed product ideals.