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Let $k$ be a field, let $A$ and $B$ be polynomial rings over $k$, and let $S = A \otimes_k B$. Let $I$ and $J$ be monomial ideals in $A$ and $B$, respectively. We establish a binomial expansion for rational powers of $I+J \subseteq S$ in terms of those of $I$ and $J$. We give a sufficient condition for this formula to hold for the integral closures of powers of $I+J$. Under this condition, we also provide precise formulas for the depth and the regularity of the integral closures of powers of $I+J$. Our methods are linear algebra in nature, making use of the characterization of rational powers of a monomial ideal via optimal solutions to linear programming problems., 10 pages

Fairness and centredness of ideals in commutative rings, i.e., the relations between assassins and weak assassins of a module, its small or large torsion submodule, and the corresponding quotients, are studied. General criteria as well as more specific results about idempotent or nil ideals are given, and several examples are presented., Comment: To appear in Hiroshima Mathematical Journal

The paper describes a duality phenomenon for cohomology theories with the character of Gorenstein rings. For a connective cohomology theory with the p-local integers in degree 0, and coefficient ring R_* Gorenstein of shift 0, this states that for X with R_*(X) torsion, we have R^*(X)=\Sigma^a Hom( R_*(X), Z/p^{\infty}). A corresponding statement for modules over a commutative Gorenstein ring spectrum is also proved. [Minor typographical and bibliographic changes to the last version.]

Let $\mathcal{O}$ be a complete discrete valuation ring, $\mathcal{K}$ its quotient field, and $A$ the symmetric Kronecker algebra over $\mathcal{O}$. We consider the full subcategory of the category of $A$-lattices whose objects are $A$-lattices $M$ such that $M\otimes_{\mathcal{O}}\mathcal{K}$ is projective $A\otimes_{\mathcal{O}}\mathcal{K}$-modules. In this paper, we study Heller lattices of indecomposable periodic modules over $A$. As a main result, we determine the shapes of stable Auslander--Reiten components containing Heller lattices of indecomposable periodic modules over $A$., Comment: 35 pages (v1), correct several errors (v2), correct several errors (v3), correct some typos (v4)

We produce some interesting families of resolutions of length three by describing certain open subsets of the spectrum of the generic ring for such resolutions constructed in a recent paper by Weyman., Comment: 23 pages

Every Krull monoid has a transfer homomorphism onto a monoid of zero-sum sequences over a subset of its class group. This transfer homomorphism is a crucial tool for studying the arithmetic of Krull monoids. In the present paper, we strengthen and refine this tool for Krull monoids with finitely generated class group.

A theory of cohomological support for pairs of DG modules over a Koszul complex is investigated. These specialize to the support varieties of Avramov and Buchweitz defined over a complete intersection ring, as well as support varieties over an exterior algebra. The main objects of study are certain DG modules over a polynomial ring; these determine the aforementioned cohomological supports and are shown to encode (co)homological information about pairs of DG modules over a Koszul complex. The perspective in this article leads to new proofs of well-known results for pairs of complexes over a complete intersection. Furthermore, these cohomological supports are used to define a support theory for pairs of objects in the derived category of an arbitrary commutative noetherian local ring. Finally, we calculate several examples and provide an application by answering a question of D. Jorgensen in the negative., 40 pages. V2: New introduction and minor changes. To appear in Math. Zeit

We determine the metric dimension of the annihilating-ideal graph of a local finite commutative principal ring and a finite commutative principal ring with two maximal ideals. We also find bounds for the metric dimension of the annihilating-ideal graph of an arbitrary finite commutative principal ring.

The aim of this work is to study the dual and the algebraic dual of an evaluation code using standard monomials and indicator functions. We show that the dual of an evaluation code is the evaluation code of the algebraic dual. We develop an algorithm for computing a basis for the algebraic dual. Let $C_1$ and $C_2$ be linear codes spanned by standard monomials. We give a combinatorial condition for the monomial equivalence of $C_1$ and the dual $C_2^\perp$. Moreover, we give an explicit description of a generator matrix of $C_2^\perp$ in terms of that of $C_1$ and coefficients of indicator functions. For Reed--Muller-type codes we give a duality criterion in terms of the v-number and the Hilbert function of a vanishing ideal. As an application, we provide an explicit duality for Reed--Muller-type codes corresponding to Gorenstein ideals. In addition, when the evaluation code is monomial and the set of evaluation points is a degenerate affine space, we classify when the dual is a monomial code., The previous version has a typo on the statement of Theorem 5.4. The published version can be found here: https://rdcu.be/cjon5

Let $G$ be a simple graph on $n$ vertices and $\mathcal{I}_G$ denotes parity binomial edge ideal of $G$ in the polynomial ring $S = \mathbb{K}[x_1,\ldots, x_n, y_1, \ldots, y_n].$ We obtain a lower bound for the regularity of parity binomial edge ideals of graphs. We then classify all graphs whose parity binomial edge ideals have regularity $3$. We classify graphs whose parity binomial edge ideals have pure resolution., 10 pages, Suggestions and comments are welcome. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1911.10388

Let $R$ be the power series ring or the polynomial ring over a field $k$ and let $I $ be an ideal of $R.$ Macaulay proved that the Artinian Gorenstein $k$-algebras $R/I$ are in one-to-one correspondence with the cyclic $R$-submodules of the divided power series ring $\Gamma. $ The result is effective in the sense that any polynomial of degree $s$ produces an Artinian Gorenstein $k$-algebra of socle degree $s.$ In a recent paper, the authors extended Macaulay's correspondence characterizing the $R$-submodules of $\Gamma $ in one-to-one correspondence with Gorenstein d-dimensional $k$-algebras. However, these submodules in positive dimension are not finitely generated. Our goal is to give constructive and finite procedures for the construction of Gorenstein $k$-algebras of dimension one and any codimension. This has been achieved through a deep analysis of the $G$-admissible submodules of $\Gamma. $ Applications to the Gorenstein linkage of zero-dimensional schemes and to Gorenstein affine semigroup rings are discussed., Comment: To appear in Trans. Am. Math. Soc

In this paper, we study the $F$-rationality of the Rees algebra and the extended Rees algebra of $\mathfrak{m}$-primary ideals in excellent local rings $(R, \mathfrak{m})$ of prime characteristic. We partially answer some conjectures and questions raised by N. Hara, K.-i. Watanabe and K.-i. Yoshida (J. Algebra, pp.153--190, vol 247, 2002)., 13 pages; comments welcome

Let $R$ be a standard graded commutative algebra over a field $k$, let $K$ be its Koszul complex viewed as a differential graded $k$-algebra, and let $H$ be the homology algebra of $K$. This paper studies the interplay between homological properties of the three algebras $R$, $K$, and $H$. In particular, we introduce two definitions of Koszulness that extend the familiar property originally introduced by Priddy: one which applies to $K$ (and, more generally, to any connected differential graded $k$-algebra) and the other, called strand-Koszulness, which applies to $H$. The main theoretical result is a complete description of how these Koszul properties of $R$, $K$, and $H$ are related to each other. This result shows that strand-Koszulness of $H$ is stronger than Koszulness of $R$, and we include examples of classes of algebras which have Koszul homology algebras that are strand-Koszul., Comment: Typos corrected. Final version. To appear in J. Algebra

Let $G$ be a graph on $[n]$ and $J_G$ be the binomial edge ideal of $G$ in the polynomial ring $S=\mathbb{K}[x_1,\ldots,x_n,y_1,\ldots,y_n]$. In this paper we investigate some topological properties of a poset associated to the minimal primary decomposition of $J_G$. We show that this poset admits some specific subposets which are contractible. This in turn, provides some interesting algebraic consequences. In particular, we characterize all graphs $G$ for which $\mathrm{depth}\hspace{1.2mm} S/J_G=4$., Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures, to appear in J. Algebra

We prove necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of homogeneous prime elements in normal N -graded rings of dimension two, in terms of rational coefficient Weil divisors on projective curves.

In this article, we study certain local cohomology modules over $F$-pure rings. We give sufficient conditions for the vanishing of some Lyubeznik numbers, derive a formula for computing these invariants when the $F$-pure ring is standard graded and, by its means, we provide some new examples of Lyubeznik tables. We study associated primes of certain Ext-modules, showing that they are all compatible ideals. Finally, we focus on properties that Lyubeznik numbers detect over a globally $F$-split projective variety., Comment: Fixed errors in the proof of Lemma 3.7 and in Example 4.11 of previous version

The Sally module of an ideal is an important tool to interplay between Hilbert coefficients and the properties of the associated graded ring. In this paper we give new insights on the structure of the Sally module. We apply these results characterizing the almost minimal value of the first Hilbert coefficient in the case of the normal filtration in an analytically unramified Cohen-Macaulay local ring., 15 pages

Let S be a deeply embedded, equicharacteristic, Artinian Gorenstein local ring. We prove that if R is a non-Gorenstein quotient of S of small colength, then every totally reflexive R-module is free. Indeed, the second syzygy of the canonical module of R has a direct summand T which is a test module for freeness over R in the sense that if Tor + R ( T , N ) = 0 , for some finitely generated R-module N, then N is free.

For a partition $\lambda$ of $n \in \mathbb{N}$, let $I^{\rm Sp}_\lambda$ be the ideal of $R=K[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ generated by all Specht polynomials of shape $\lambda$. We assume that ${\rm char}(K)=0$. Then $R/I^{\rm Sp}_{(n-2,2)}$ is Gorenstein, and $R/I^{\rm Sp}_{(d,d,1)}$ is a Cohen-Macaulay ring with a linear free resolution. In this paper, we construct minimal free resolutions of these rings. Berkesch Zamaere, Griffeth, and Sam had already studied minimal free resolutions of $R/I^{\rm Sp}_{(n-d,d)}$, which are also Cohen-Macaulay, using heighly advanced technique of the representation theory. However we only use the basic theory of Specht modules, and explicitly describe the differential maps., Comment: 23 pages. Editorial improvements from Ver.2

We consider the line graph of a simplicial complex. We prove that, as in the case of line graphs of simple graphs, one can compute the second graded Betti number of the facet ideal of a pure simplicial complex in terms of the combinatorial structure of its line graph. We also give a characterization of those graphs which are line graphs of some pure simplicial complex. In the end, we consider pure simplicial complexes which are chordal and study their relation to chordal line graphs., The statement of Theorem 5.14 is corrected. Section 6 is removed

An order is a commutative ring that as an abelian group is finitely generated and free. A commutative ring is reduced if it has no non-zero nilpotent elements. In this paper we use a new tool, namely, the fact that every reduced order has a universal grading, to answer questions about realizing orders as group rings. In particular, we address the Isomorphism Problem for group rings in the case where the ring is a reduced order. We prove that any non-zero reduced order $R$ can be written as a group ring in a unique ``maximal'' way, up to isomorphism. More precisely, there exist a ring $A$ and a finite abelian group $G$, both uniquely determined up to isomorphism, such that $R\cong A[G]$ as rings, and such that if $B$ is a ring and $H$ is a group, then $R\cong B[H]$ as rings if and only if there is a finite abelian group $J$ such that $B\cong A[J]$ as rings and $J\times H\cong G$ as groups. Computing $A$ and $G$ for given $R$ can be done by means of an algorithm that is not quite polynomial-time. We also give a description of the automorphism group of $R$ in terms of $A$ and $G$.

Let $J$ be a quadratically presented grade three Gorenstein ideal in the standard graded polynomial ring $R= k[x,y,z]$, where $k$ is a field. Assume that $R/J$ satisfies the weak Lefschetz property. We give the presentation matrix for $J$ in terms of the coefficients of a Macaulay inverse system for $J$. (This presentation matrix is an alternating matrix and $J$ is generated by the maximal order Pfaffians of the presentation matrix.) Our formulas are computer friendly; they involve only matrix multiplication; they do not involve multilinear algebra or complicated summations. As an application, we give the presentation matrix for $J_1=(x^{n+1},y^{n+1},z^{n+1}):(x+y+z)^{n+1}$, when $n$ is even and the characteristic of $k$ is zero. Generators for $J_1$ had been identified previously; but the presentation matrix for $J_1$ had not previously been known. The first step in our proof is to give improved formulas for the presentation matrix of a linearly presented grade three Gorenstein ideal $I$ in terms of the coefficients of the Macaulay inverse system for $I$.

We study finite $0$-dimensional schemes in product of multiprojective spaces and their ideals. In particular, we describe the set of generators of the ideal defining a $0$-dimensional scheme in the case $\mathbb P^{1}\times\cdots \times\mathbb P^{1}$ and in the case $\mathbb P^{n_1}\times \cdots \times \mathbb P^{n_k}$ with $n_i\in \{1,2\}$ for all $i$. We also check very ampleness for zero-dimensional schemes of general points in the multiprojective spaces., 11 pages

In [16], a theory of universal extensions in abelian categories is developed; in particular, the notion of Ext-universal object is presented. In the present paper, we show that an Ab3 abelian category which is Ext-small satisfies the Ab4 condition if, and only if, each one of its objects is Ext-universal. We also give a characterization of the co-Ext-universal objects of the category of torsion abelian groups. In particular, we show that such groups are the ones admitting a decomposition $Q\oplus R$, in which $Q$ is injective and $R$ is a reduced group on which each $p$-component is bounded., 26 pages

A semiring is uniserial if its ideals are totally ordered by inclusion. First, we show that a semiring $S$ is uniserial if and only if the matrix semiring $M_n(S)$ is uniserial. As a generalization of valuation semirings, we also investigate those semirings whose prime ideals are linearly ordered by inclusion. For example, we prove that the prime ideals of a commutative semiring $S$ are linearly ordered if and only if for each $x,y \in S$, there is a positive integer $n$ such that either $x|y^n$ or $y|x^n$. Then, we introduce and characterize pseudo-valuation semidomains. It is shown that prime ideals of pseudo-valuation semidomains and also of the divided ones are linearly ordered., Comment: Totally revised

We study the classical K\"othe's problem, concerning the structure of non-commutative rings with the property that: ``every left module is a direct sum of cyclic modules". In 1934, K\"othe showed that left modules over Artinian principal ideal rings are direct sums of cyclic modules. A ring $R$ is called a ${\it left~K\"othe~ring}$ if every left $R$-module is a direct sum of cyclic $R$-modules. In 1951, Cohen and Kaplansky proved that all commutative K{\"o}the rings are Artinian principal ideal rings. During the years 1962 to 1965, Kawada solved the K\"othe's problem for basic fnite-dimensional algebras: Kawada's theorem characterizes completely those finite-dimensional algebras for which any indecomposable module has square-free socle and square-free top, and describes the possible indecomposable modules. But, so far, the K\"othe's problem is open in the non-commutative setting. In this paper, we break the class of left K{\"o}the rings into three categories of nested: ${\it left~K\"othe~rings}$, ${\it strongly~left~K{\"o}the~rings}$ and ${\it very~strongly~left~K{\"o}the~rings}$, and then, we solve the K\"othe's problem by giving several characterizations of these rings in terms of describing the indecomposable modules. Finally, we give a new generalization of K\"othe-Cohen-Kaplansky theorem., Comment: The previous version, which was long and more than 45 pages, has been organized and its defects have been fixed and it has been divided into two separate articles under the following headings. [1] Several Characterizations of Left K\"othe Rings (This is the version). [2] Left Co-K{\"o}the Rings and Their Characterizations (It is being prepared and will be uploaded later in the ArXiv)

Let $R$ be a commutative ring with identity. An ideal $I$ of $R$ is said to be a big ideal (resp. an upper big ideal) if whenever $J\subsetneqq I$ (resp. $I\subsetneqq J$), $J^{n}\subsetneqq I^{n}$ (resp. $I^{n}\subsetneqq J^{n}$) for every $n\geq 1$; and $R$ itself is a big ideal ring provided that every ideal of $R$ is a big ideal. In this paper we study the notions of big ideals, upper big ideals and big ideal rings in different contexts of commutative rings such us integrally closed domains, pullbacks and trivial ring extensions etc. We show that the notions of big and upper big ideals are completely different. The notion of big ideal is correlated to the notion of basic ideal and the notion of upper big ideal is correlated to the notion of $\mathcal{C}$-ideals. We give a new characterization of Pr\"ufer domains via big ideal domains and we characterize some particular cases of pullback rings that are big ideal domains. Also we give some classes of big and upper big ideals in rings with zero-divisors via trivial ring extensions., Comment: 13 pages

We explore the behavior of the sectional genera of certain primary ideals in Noetherian local rings. In this paper, we provide characterizations of a Cohen-Macaulay local ring in terms of the sectional genera, the Cohen-Macaulay type, and the second Hilbert coefficients for certain primary ideals. We also characterize Gorenstein rings and quasi-Buchsbaum rings in terms of the sectional genera for certain primary ideals., 14 pages. Comments welcome!

We construct new explicit examples of nonsmoothable Gorenstein algebras with Hilbert function $(1,n,n,1)$. This gives a new infinite family of elementary components in the Gorenstein locus of the Hilbert scheme of points and solves the cubic case of Iarrobino's conjecture., 18 pages

We study the question of when a ring can be realized as a direct summand of a regular ring by examining the case of homogeneous coordinate rings. We present very strong obstacles to expressing a graded ring with isolated singularity as a finite graded direct summand. For several classes of examples (del Pezzo surfaces, hypersurfaces), we give a complete classification of which coordinate rings can be expressed as direct summands (not necessarily finite), and in doing so answer a question of Hara about the FFRT property of the quintic del Pezzo. We also examine what happens in the case where the ring does not have isolated singularities, through topological arguments: as an example, we give a classification of which coordinate rings of singular cubic surfaces can be written as finite direct summands of regular rings., 19 pages. Comments welcome!

Let $R$ be a ring. An $R$-module $M$ is said to be an absolutely $w$-pure module if and only if $\Ext^1_R(F,M)$ is a GV-torsion module for any finitely presented module $F$. In this paper, we introduce and study the concept of $w$-FP-projective module which is in some way a generalization of the notion of $\rm FP$-projective module. An $R$-module $M$ is said to be $w$-$\rm FP$-projective if $\Ext^1_R(M,N)=0$ for any absolutely $w$-pure module $N$. This new class of modules will be used to characterize (Noetherian) $DW$ rings. Hence, we introduce the $w$-$\rm FP$-projective dimensions of modules and rings. The relations between the introduced dimensions and other (classical) homological dimensions are discussed. Illustrative examples are given.

To every toric ideal one can associate an oriented matroid structure, consisting of a graph and another toric ideal, called bouquet ideal. The connected components of this graph are called bouquets. Bouquets are of three types; free, mixed and non mixed. We prove that the cardinality of the following sets - the set of indispensable elements, minimal Markov bases, the Universal Markov basis and the Universal Gr\"obner basis of a toric ideal - depends only on the type of the bouquets and the bouquet ideal. These results enable us to introduce the strongly robustness simplicial complex and show that it determines the strongly robustness property. For codimension 2 toric ideals, we study the strongly robustness simplicial complex and prove that robustness implies strongly robustness., Comment: 20 pages, 1 figure

We discuss some research problems on affine monomial curves, from the perspective of computation.

We show that a pure transcendental, immediate extension of valuation rings $V\subset V'$ containing a field is a filtered union of smooth $V$-subalgebras of $V'$., The proof of the former Theorem 15 is simplified and it holds in any characteristic

Levelness and nearly Gorensteinness are well-studied properties of graded rings as a generalized notion of Gorensteinness. In this paper, we compare the strength of these properties. For any Cohen-Macaulay homogeneous affine semigroup ring R, we give a necessary condition for R to be non-Gorenstein and nearly Gorenstein in terms of the h-vector of R and we show that if R is nearly Gorenstein with Cohen-Macaulay type 2, then it is level. We also show that if Cohen-Macaulay type is more than 2, there are 2-dimensional counterexamples. Moreover, we characterize nearly Gorensteinness of Stanley-Reisner rings of low-dimensional simplicial complexes., 17 pages

Let P be a commutative Noetherian ring, K be an ideal of P which is generated by a regular sequence of length four, f be a regular element of P, and Pbar be the hypersurface ring P/(f). Assume that K:f is a grade four Gorenstein ideal of P. We give a resolution N of Pbar/K Pbar by free Pbar-modules. The resolution N is built from a Differential Graded Algebra resolution of P/(K:f) by free P-modules, together with one homotopy map. In particular, we give an explicit form for the matrix factorization which is the infinite tail of the resolution N.

We study the Cohen-Macaulay property of a particular class of radical extensions of an unramified regular local ring having mixed characteristic., 14 pages

In this paper, we prove that a finitely embedded $R$-module $M$ is Artinian if and only if for every prime ideal $\mathfrak{p}$ of $R$ with $(0:_RM)\subseteq \mathfrak{p}$, there exists a submodule $N^\mathfrak{p}$ of $M$ such that $M/N^\mathfrak{p}$ is finitely embedded and $M[\mathfrak{p}]\subseteq N^\mathfrak{p}\subseteq (0:_M\mathfrak{p})$.

Let $R$ be a commutative noetherian ring, $\frak a$ be an ideal of $R$, $\cS$ be an arbitrary Serre subcategory of $R$-modules and let $\cN$ be the subcategory of finitely generated $R$-modules. In this paper, we study $\cN\cS$-$\frak a$-cofinite modules with respect to the extension subcategory $\cN\cS$ when $\dim R/\frak a\leq 2$. We also study $\frak a$-cofiniteness with respect to a new dimension.

In this paper, we first give some criteria for normality of monomial ideals. As applications, we show that closed neighborhood ideals of complete bipartite graphs are normal, and hence satisfy the (strong) persistence property. We also prove that dominating ideals of complete bipartite graphs are nearly normally torsion-free. In addition, we show that dominating ideals of $h$-wheel graphs, under certain condition, are normal.

For a graph $G=(V,E)$ the edge ring $k[G]$ is $k[x_1,\ldots,x_n]/I(G)$, where $n=|V|$ and $I(G)$ is generated by $\{ x_ix_j;\{ i,j\}\in E\}$. The conjecture we treat is the following. If $k[G]$ has a 2-linear resolution, then the projective dimension of $K[G]$, pd$(k[G])$, equals the maximal degree of a vertex in $G$. As far as we know, this conjecture is first mentioned in a paper by Gitler and Valencia, and there it is called the Eliahou-Villarreal conjecture. The conjecture is treated in a recent paper by Ahmed, Mafi, and Namiq. That there are counterexamples was noted already by Moradi and Kiani. By interpreting $k[G]$ as a Stanley-Reisner ring, we are able to characterize those graphs for which the conjecture holds., Comment: 5 pages

Let $\mathfrak{a}$ be an ideal of a commutative noetherian ring $R$ and $M$ an $R$-module with Cosupport in $\mathrm{V}(\mathfrak{a})$. We show that $M$ is $\mathfrak{a}$-coartinian if and only if $\mathrm{Ext}_{R}^{i}(R/\mathfrak{a},M)$ is artinian for all $0\leq i\leq \mathrm{cd}(\mathfrak{a},M)$, which provides a computable finitely many steps to examine $\mathfrak{a}$-coartinianness. We also consider the duality of Hartshorne's questions: for which rings $R$ and ideals $\mathfrak{a}$ are the modules $\mathrm{H}^{\mathfrak{a}}_{i}(M)$ $\mathfrak{a}$-coartinian for all $i\geq 0$; whether the category $\mathcal{C}(R,\mathfrak{a})_{coa}$ of $\mathfrak{a}$-coartinian modules is an Abelian subcategory of the category of all $R$-modules, and establish affirmative answers to these questions in the case $\mathrm{cd}(\mathfrak{a},R)\leq 1$ and $\mathrm{dim}R/\mathfrak{a}\leq 1$., Comment: 14 pages. Comments welcome

Consider a Noetherian domain $R$ and a finite group $G \subseteq Gl_n(R)$. We prove that if the ring of invariants $R[x_1, \ldots, x_n]^G$ is a Cohen-Macaulay ring, then it is generated as an $R$-algebra by elements of degree at most $\max(|G|,n(|G|-1))$. As an intermediate result we also show that if $R$ is a Noetherian local ring with infinite residue field then such a ring of invariants of a finite group $G$ over $R$ contains a homogeneous system of parameters consisting of elements of degree at most $|G|$., 12 pages

We investigate the transfer of regularity between commutative, noetherian, local rings through a class of local homomorphisms which we call basically regular. We give numerical characterizations of these maps, investigate their behavior under composition and decomposition, and compare them with Avramov-Foxby-Herzog's weakly regular local homomorphisms., Comment: 13 pages

In this paper, we say a ring $R$ is Nil$_{\ast}$-Noetherian provided that any nil ideal is finitely generated. First, we show that the Hilbert basis theorem holds for Nil$_{\ast}$-Noetherian rings, that is, $R$ is Nil$_{\ast}$-Noetherian if and only if $R[x]$ is Nil$_{\ast}$-Noetherian, if and only if $R[[x]]$ is Nil$_{\ast}$-Noetherian. Then we discuss some Nil$_{\ast}$-Noetherian properties on idealizations and bi-amalgamated algebras. Finally, we give the Cartan-Eilenberg-Bass Theorem for Nil$_{\ast}$-Noetherian rings in terms of Nil$_{\ast}$-injective modules and Nil$_{\ast}$-FP-injective modules. Besides, some examples are given to distinguish Nil$_{\ast}$-Noetherian rings, Nil$_{\ast}$-coherent rings and so on.

For any Kawamata log terminal (klt) singularity and any minimizer of its normalized volume function, we prove that the associated graded ring is always finitely generated, as conjectured by Chi Li. As a consequence, we complete the last step of establishing the Stable Degeneration Conjecture proposed by Chi Li and the first named author for an arbitrary klt singularity., 41 pages. Comments are welcome

Let $(A,\mathfrak{m})$ be an analytically unramified Cohen-Macaulay local ring and let $\mathfrak{a}$ be an $\mathfrak{m}$-primary ideal in $A$. If $I$ is an ideal in $A$ then let $I^*$ be the integral closure of $I$ in $A$. Let $G_{\mathfrak{a}}(A)^* = \bigoplus_{n\geq 0 }(\mathfrak{a}^n)^*/(\mathfrak{a}^{n+1})^*$ be the associated graded ring of the integral closure filtration of $\mathfrak{a}$. Itoh conjectured that if $e_3^{\mathfrak{a}^*}(A) = 0$ and $A$ is Gorenstein then $G_{\mathfrak{a}}(A)^* $ is Cohen-Macaulay. In this paper we prove an important case of Itoh's conjecture: we show that if $A$ is Cohen-Macaulay and if $\mathfrak{a}$ is normal (i.e., $\mathfrak{a}^n$ is integrally closed for all $n \geq 1$) with $e_3^\mathfrak{a}(A) = 0$ then $G_\mathfrak{a}(A)$ is Cohen-Macaulay., This paper consists of part of the author's paper arXiv:0807.0471 . This was done due to advice of some of my colleagues. The other parts of arXiv:0807.0471 will be published later in a separate paper. In the revised version of this paper we have quite a few details and clarified a few points (especially with shifts of a graded module)

Let $(R,\mathfrak{m})$ be a Noetherian local ring and $I$ an ideal of $R$. We study how local cohomology modules with support in $\mathfrak{m}$ change for small perturbations $J$ of $I$, that is, for ideals $J$ such that $I\equiv J\bmod \mathfrak{m}^N$ for large $N$, under the hypothesis that $I$ and $J$ share the same Hilbert function. As one of our main results, we show that if $R/I$ is generalized Cohen-Macaulay, then the local cohomology modules of $R/J$ are isomorphic to the corresponding local cohomology modules of $R/I$, except possibly the top one. In particular, this answers a question raised by Quy and V. D. Trung. Our approach also allows us to prove that if $R/I$ is Buchsbaum, then so is $R/J$. Finally, under some additional assumptions, we show that if $R/I$ satisfies Serre's property $(S_n)$, then so does $R/J$., Comments welcome!

In this paper, we study the structure of the graded ring associated to a limit key polynomial $Q_n$ in terms of the key polynomials that define $Q_n$. In order to do that, we use direct limits. In general, we describe the direct limit of a family of graded rings associated to a totally ordered set of valuations. As an example, we describe the graded ring associated to a valuation-algebraic valuation as a direct limit of graded rings associated to residue-transcendental valuations.

In this paper, we characterize chordal and perfect zero-divisor graphs of finite posets. Also, it is proved that the zero-divisor graphs of finite posets and the complement of zero-divisor graphs of finite $0$-distributive posets satisfy the Total Coloring Conjecture. These results are applied to the zero-divisor graphs of finite reduced rings, the comaximal ideal graph of rings, the annihilating ideal graphs, the intersection graphs of ideals of rings, and the intersection graphs of subgroups of cyclic groups. In fact, it is proved that these graphs associated with a commutative ring $R$ with identity can be effectively studied via the zero-divisor graph of a specially constructed poset from $R$.