Tower sets and other configurations with the Cohen-Macaulay property (Q2254791)

In this paper, the authors, in Section 2, introduce tower sets and tower schemes and they prove that all these schemes are aCM. Then, they show that every tower scheme has the same Hilbert function as a corresponding tower scheme supported on a left segment whose Hilbert function was computed in [\textit{A. Ragusa} and \textit{G. Zappalà}, Beitr. Algebra Geom. 44, No. 1, 285--302 (2003; Zbl 1033.13004)]. The authors, in Section 3, give a combinatorial characterization for aCM squarefree monomial ideals of codimension 2. Moreover, they give a slight generalization of tower sets and tower schemes and prove numerous preparatory results about these sets and schemes. Finally, they prove the stated characterization.