Topics on 22-almost Gorenstein rings

The notion of $2$-almost Gorenstein ring is a generalization of the notion of almost Gorenstein ring in terms of Sally modules of canonical ideals. In this paper, we deal with two different topics related to $2$-almost Gorenstein rings. The purposes are to determine all the Ulrich ideals in $2$-almost Gorenstein rings and to clarify the structure of minimal free resolutions of $2$-almost Gorenstein rings.Comment: 12 page

Bounds for the first Hilbert coefficients of m{\mathfrak m}-primary ideals

This paper purposes to characterize Noetherian local rings $(A, {\mathfrak m})$ of positive dimension such that the first Hilbert coefficients of ${\mathfrak m}$-primary ideals in $A$ range among only finitely many values. Examples are explored.Comment: 8 pages, and the title of this article was changed on 21, Dec, 201

On modules with reducible complexity

In this paper we generalize a result, concerning a depth equality over local rings, proved independently by Araya and Yoshino, and Iyengar. Our result exploits complexity, a concept which was initially defined by Alperin for finitely generated modules over group algebras, introduced and studied in local algebra by Avramov, and subsequently further developed by Bergh.Comment: 8 page

Almost Gorenstein rings - towards a theory of higher dimension -

The notion of almost Gorenstein local ring introduced by V. Barucci and R. Fr\"oberg for one-dimensional Noetherian local rings which are analytically unramified has been generalized by S. Goto, N. Matsuoka and T. T. Phuong to one-dimensional Cohen-Macaulay local rings, possessing canonical ideals. The present purpose is to propose a higher-dimensional notion and develop the basic theory. The graded version is also posed and explored.Comment: 36 pages, 1 figure, to appear in J. Pure and Appl. Al

On the ideal case of a conjecture of Huneke and Wiegand

A conjecture of Huneke and Wiegand claims that, over one-dimensional commutative Noetherian local domains, the tensor product of a finitely generated, non-free, torsion-free module with its algebraic dual always has torsion. Building on a beautiful result of Corso, Huneke, Katz and Vasconcelos, we prove that the conjecture is affirmative for a large class of ideals over arbitrary one-dimensional local domains. Furthermore we study a higher dimensional analog of the conjecture for integrally closed ideals over Noetherian rings that are not necessarily local. We also consider a related question on the conjecture and give an affirmative answer for first syzygies of maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules.Comment: 10 pages and to appear in Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Societ

Characterization of generalized Gorenstein rings

The notion of generalized Gorenstein local ring (GGL ring for short) is one of the generalizations of Gorenstein rings. In this article, there is given a characterization of GGL rings in terms of their canonical ideals and related invariants.Comment: 11 page

The almost Gorenstein Rees algebras of parameters

There is given a characterization for the Rees algebras of parameters in a Gorenstein local ring to be almost Gorenstein graded rings. A characterization is also given for the Rees algebras of socle ideals of parameters. The latter one shows almost Gorenstein Rees algebras rather rarely exist for socle ideals, if the dimension of the base local ring is greater than two.Comment: 13 page

Almost Gorenstein Rees algebras of pgp_g-ideals, good ideals, and powers of the maximal ideals

Let $(A,{\mathfrak m})$ be a Cohen-Macaulay local ring and let $I$ be an ideal of $A$. We prove that the Rees algebra ${\mathcal R}(I)$ is an almost Gorenstein ring in the following cases: (1) $(A,{\mathfrak m})$ is a two-dimensional excellent Gorenstein normal domain over an algebraically closed field $K \cong A/{\mathfrak m}$ and $I$ is a $p_g$-ideal; (2) $(A,{\mathfrak m})$ is a two-dimensional almost Gorenstein local ring having minimal multiplicity and $I={\mathfrak m}^{\ell}$ for all $\ell \ge 1$; (3) $(A,{\mathfrak m})$ is a regular local ring of dimension $d \ge 2$ and $I={\mathfrak m}^{d-1}$. Conversely, if ${\mathcal R}({\mathfrak m}^{\ell})$ is an almost Gorenstein graded ring for some $\ell \ge 2$ and $d \ge 3$, then $\ell=d-1$.Comment: 14 pages, and the title of this article was changed on 26, June, 201

On the almost Gorenstein property in Rees algebras of contracted ideals

The question of when the Rees algebra ${\mathcal R} (I)= \bigoplus_{n \ge 0}I^n$ of $I$ is an almost Gorenstein graded ring is explored, where $R$ is a two-dimensional regular local ring and $I$ a contracted ideal of $R$. It is known that ${\mathcal R} (I)$ is an almost Gorenstein graded ring for every integrally closed ideal $I$ of $R$. The main results of the present paper show that if $I$ is a contracted ideal with $\mathrm{o}(I) \le 2$, then ${\mathcal R} (I)$ is an almost Gorenstein graded ring, while if $\mathrm{o}(I) \ge 3$, then ${\mathcal R} (I)$ is not necessarily an almost Gorenstein graded ring, even though $I$ is a contracted stable ideal. Thus both affirmative answers and negative answers are given.Comment: 15 page

Topics on sequentially Cohen-Macaulay modules

In this paper, we study the two different topics related to sequentially Cohen-Macaulay modules. The questions are when the sequentially Cohen-Macaulay property preserve the localization and the module-finite extension of rings.Comment: 7 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1406.342