On the depth and Stanley depth of the integral closure of powers of monomial ideals (Q2323315)

Let $M$ be a finitely generated $\mathbb{Z}^n$-graded $S$-module, where $S=\mathbb{K}[x_1,\dots,x_n]$ and $\mathbb{K}$ is a field. For any homogenuous element $u\in M$, the $\mathbb{K}$-subspace $u\mathbb{K}[Z]$ is called a \textit{Stanley space} of dimension $|Z|$, if it is a free $\mathbb{K}[Z]$-module. A decomposition $\mathcal{D}$ of $M$ as a finite direct sum of Stanley spaces is called a \textit{Stanley decomposition} of $M$. The minimum dimension of a Stanley space in $\mathcal{D}$ is called the Stanley depth of $\mathcal{D}$ and is denoted by $\operatorname{sdepth}(\mathcal{D})$. The \textit{Stanley depth} of $M$ is defined as: \[ \operatorname{sdepth}(M):=\max \{\operatorname{sdepth}(\mathcal{D}) |\mathcal{D}\text{ is a Stanley decomposition of }M\}. \] This depth is defined to be $\infty$ for the zero module. The inequality $\operatorname{depth}(M)\leq\operatorname{sdepth}(M)$ is known as \textit{Stanley's inequality}. Let $G$ be a graph with edge ideal $I(G)$, $k\gg 0$ and $p$ be the number of its bipartite connected components. In the present paper it is shown that: \begin{itemize} \item[(i)] $\operatorname{sdepth}(S/I(G))\geq p$; In particular, $S/\overline{I(G)^k}$ satisfies Stanley inequality. \item[(ii)] $\operatorname{sdepth}(\overline{I(G)^k})\geq p+1$. In particular, $\overline{I(G)^k}$ satisfies Stanley inequality. \item[(iii)] If $G$ is a connected bipartite graph whose girth is $g$ and $k\leq g/2+1$, then $\operatorname{sdepth}(\overline{I(G)^k})\geq 2$. \end{itemize} Let $I\subset S$ be a nonzero monomial ideal with the analytic spread $l(I)$. Among other results, it is proved that the sequence $\{\operatorname{depth}(I^k/I^{k+1})\}^\infty_{k=0}$ converges to $n-l(I)$. Finally, it is shown that if $I$ is an integrally closed monomial ideal, then $\operatorname{depth}(S/I^m)\leq\operatorname{depth}(S/I)$ and $\operatorname{Ass}(S/I)\subseteq\operatorname{Ass}(S/I^m)$, for every integer $m\geq 1$.