Algebraic properties of Levi graphs associated with curve arrangements (Q2671742)

The authors study various algebraic properties of edge ideals \(I(G)\) associated with plane curve arrangements in the complex projective plane via the combinatorics of their Levi graphs \(G\). A special class of dual squarefree modules is defined and they show that for squarefree \(\Bbbk[x_1, \dots, x_n]\)-modules (where \(\Bbbk\) is a field) being Buchsbaum is equivalent to be \(k\)-Buchsbaum for every \(k\geq 1\). This is one of their main results which allows to conclude that for edge ideals \(I(G)\) associated with bipartite graphs \(G\) the condition that the algebra \(S/I(G)\) defined by \(I(G)\) is Cohen-Macaulay is equivalent to be both Buchsbaum and \(k\)-Buchsbaum for every \(k \geq1\). Next, the authors introduce a certain class of edge ideals determined by the intersection posets of \(d\)-arrangements via the notion of their Levi graph. A complete classification of sequentially Cohen-Macaulay algebras associated to intersection posets of \(d\)-arrangement of curves is given. Also several homological properties of the algebras \(S/I(G)\), where \(I(G)\) is the edge ideal associated with the Levi graph of a \(d\)-arrangement is studied. For instance some effective bounds on the projective dimension and the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity for powers of edge ideals is given. At the end many open problems related to the geometry of \(d\)-arrangements and homological properties of the associated edge ideals are formulated which have been verified for several examples.