Shedding vertices and ass-decomposable monomial ideals

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Abstract: The shedding vertices of simplicial complexes are studied from an algebraic point of view. Based on this perspective, we introduce the class of ass-decomposable monomial ideals which is a generalization of the class of Stanley-Reisner ideals of vertex decomposable simplicial complexes. The recursive structure of ass-decomposable monomial ideals allows us to find a simple formula for the depth, and in squarefree case, an upper bound for the regularity of such ideals.


Firstly, an algebraic interpretation for shedding vertices is obtained. This interpretation yields the following result: If \(\Delta\) has a shedding vertex such that its link and deletion are sequentially Cohen-Macaulay/Cohen-Macaulay, then \(\Delta\) is also sequentially Cohen-Macaulay/Cohen-Macaulay; and the definition of ass-decomposable ideal: A monomial ideal \(I\) is called ass-decomposable, if either it is a primary ideal or else there exists a variable \(x_i \in \sqrt I\) and a positive integer \(k\) such that (i) \(\mathrm{ass}(I, x_i^k) = \{p \in \mathrm{ass}(I ): x_i \in p\}\); (ii) \((I, x_i^k)\) and \(I : x_i^k\) are ass-decomposable. Then it is shown that vertex decomposability of a simplicial complex is equivalent to ass-decomposability of its Stanley-Reisner ideal. It can be seen that when \(\Delta\) is sequentially Cohen-Macaulay, \[ \mathrm{depth}(R/I_\Delta) = \min\{\dim (R/p) : p \in \mathrm{ass}(I_\Delta)\}. \] As with other main results, it is shown that ass-decomposable ideals satisfy this depth formula and unmixed ass-decomposable monomial ideals have Cohen-Macaulay quotient ring. Some results about the regularity of such ideals are also gained.



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