Let $Isubset S=K[x_1,...,x_n]$ be a lexsegment edge ideal or the Alexander dual of such an ideal. In both cases it turns out that the arithmetical rank of $I$ is equal to the projective dimension of $S/I.$
In this paper we characterize the componentwise lexsegment ideals which are componentwise linear and the lexsegment ideals generated in one degree which are Gotzmann.
Let $I_M$ and $I_N$ be defining ideals of toric varieties such that $I_M$ is a projection of $I_N$, i.e. $I_N subseteq I_M$. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the equality $I_M=rad(I_N+(f_1,...,f_s))$, where $f_1,...,f_s$ belong to $I_M$. Also a method for finding toric varieties which are set-theoretic complete intersection is given. Finally we apply our method in the computation of the arithmetical rank of certain toric varieties and provide the defining equations of the above toric varieties.
We compute the Betti numbers for all the powers of initial and final lexsegment edge ideals. For the powers of the edge ideal of an anti-$d-$path, we prove that they have linear quotients and we characterize the normally torsion-free ideals. We determine a class of non-squarefree ideals, arising from some particular graphs, which are normally torsion-free.
We determine the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of binomial edge ideals of complement reducible graphs (cographs). For cographs with $n$ vertices the maximum regularity grows as $2n/3$. We also bound the regularity by graph theoretic invariants and construct a family of counterexamples to a conjecture of Hibi and Matsuda.
Let $G$ be a connected finite simple graph and let $I_G$ be the edge ideal of $G$. The smallest number $k$ for which $depth S/I_G^k$ stabilizes is denoted by $dstab(I_G)$. We show that $dstab(I_G)<ell(I_G)$ where $ell(I_G)$ denotes the analytic spread of $I$. For trees we give a stronger upper bound for $dstab(I_G)$. We also show for any two integers $1leq a<b$ there exists a tree for which $dstab(I_G)=a$ and $ell(I_G)=b$.