On the homological shifts of cover ideals of Cohen-Macaulay graphs

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author Roy, Amit
Saha, Kamalesh
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Saha, Kamalesh
contents For a non-negative integer $k$, let $\mathrm{HS}_{k}(J(G))$ denote the $k^{\text{th}}$ homological shift ideal of the vertex cover ideal $J(G)$ of a graph $G$. For each $k\geq 2$, we construct a Cohen-Macaulay very well-covered graph $G_k$ which is both Cohen-Macaulay bipartite and a whiskered graph so that $\mathrm{HS}_{k}(J(G))$ does not have a linear resolution. This contradicts several results as well as disproves a conjecture in [J. Algebra, $\mathbf{629}$, (2023), 76-108] and [Mediterr. J. Math., $\mathbf{21}$, 135 (2024)]. The graphs $G_k$ are also examples of clique-whiskered graphs introduced by Cook and Nagel, which include Cohen-Macaulay chordal graphs, Cohen-Macaulay Cameron-Walker graphs, and clique corona graphs. Surprisingly, for Cohen-Macaulay chordal graphs, we can use a special ordering on the minimal generators to show that $\mathrm{HS}_{k}(J(G))$ has linear quotients for all $k$. Moreover, for all Cohen-Macaulay Cameron-Walker graphs and certain clique corona graphs, we show that $\mathrm{HS}_{k}(J(G))$ is weakly polymatroidal, and thus, has linear quotients for all $k$.
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spellingShingle On the homological shifts of cover ideals of Cohen-Macaulay graphs
Roy, Amit
Saha, Kamalesh
Commutative Algebra
Combinatorics
Primary: 13D02, 05E40, Secondary: 13F55, 13H10
For a non-negative integer $k$, let $\mathrm{HS}_{k}(J(G))$ denote the $k^{\text{th}}$ homological shift ideal of the vertex cover ideal $J(G)$ of a graph $G$. For each $k\geq 2$, we construct a Cohen-Macaulay very well-covered graph $G_k$ which is both Cohen-Macaulay bipartite and a whiskered graph so that $\mathrm{HS}_{k}(J(G))$ does not have a linear resolution. This contradicts several results as well as disproves a conjecture in [J. Algebra, $\mathbf{629}$, (2023), 76-108] and [Mediterr. J. Math., $\mathbf{21}$, 135 (2024)]. The graphs $G_k$ are also examples of clique-whiskered graphs introduced by Cook and Nagel, which include Cohen-Macaulay chordal graphs, Cohen-Macaulay Cameron-Walker graphs, and clique corona graphs. Surprisingly, for Cohen-Macaulay chordal graphs, we can use a special ordering on the minimal generators to show that $\mathrm{HS}_{k}(J(G))$ has linear quotients for all $k$. Moreover, for all Cohen-Macaulay Cameron-Walker graphs and certain clique corona graphs, we show that $\mathrm{HS}_{k}(J(G))$ is weakly polymatroidal, and thus, has linear quotients for all $k$.
title On the homological shifts of cover ideals of Cohen-Macaulay graphs
topic Commutative Algebra
Combinatorics
Primary: 13D02, 05E40, Secondary: 13F55, 13H10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01810