More properties of almost Cohen-Macaulay rings (Q901026)

A commutative Noetherian ring \(A\) is called an almost Cohen-Macaulay ring if depth\(_P A = \text{depth}_{PA_P} A_P\) for every \(P \in \text{Spec}(A)\). Almost Cohen-Macaulay rings were first studied by \textit{Y. Han} [Acta Math. Sin. 41, No. 5, 1047--1052 (1998; Zbl 1010.13006)], then by \textit{M.-C. Kang} [Commun. Algebra 29, No. 2, 781--787 (2001; Zbl 1030.13007); Commun. Algebra 30, No. 2, 1049--1052 (2002; Zbl 1052.13011)]. In the paper, the author expands the results of \textit{M.C. Kang} and proves several properties of almost Cohen-Macaulay rings. Building on the classical condition \((S_k)\) for Cohen-Macaulay rings, he also introduces a Serre-type condition \((C_k)\) for this class of rings, and proves results related to these conditions.