Let denote an ideal of a commutative Noetherian ring R, and M and N two finitely generated R-modules with pd M < ∞. It is shown that if either is principal, or R is complete local and is a prime ideal with dim R/ = 1, then the generalized local cohomology module $H_{}^i(M,N)$ is -cofinite for all i ≥ 0. This provides an affirmative answer to a question proposed in [13].

Let R be a Noetherian ring and I an ideal of R. Let M be an I-cofinite and N a finitely generated R-module. It is shown that the R-modules $To{r}_i^R(N,M)$ are I-cofinite for all i ≥ 0 whenever dim Supp(M) ≤ 1 or dim Supp(N) ≤ 2. This immediately implies that if I has dimension one (i.e., dim R/I = 1) then the R-modules $To{r}_i^R(N,H_I^j\left(M\right))$ are I-cofinite for all i,j ≥ 0. Also, we prove that if R is local, then the R-modules $To{r}_i^R(N,M)$ are I-weakly cofinite for all i ≥ 0 whenever dim Supp(M) ≤ 2 or dim Supp(N) ≤ 3. Finally, it is shown that...

We study series of the form ${\displaystyle \sum _M|{Aut}_R{\left(M\right)|}^{-1}{\left|M\right|}^{-u}}$, where $R$ is a commutative local ring, $u$ is a non-negative integer, and the summation extends over all finite $R$-modules $M$, up to isomorphism. This problem is motivated by Cohen-Lenstra heuristics on class groups of number fields, where sums of this kind occur. If $R$ has additional properties, we will relate the above sum to a limit of zeta functions of the free modules $R^n$, where these zeta functions count $R$-submodules of finite index in $R^n$. In particular we will show that...

We study when the modifications of the Cohen-Macaulay vertex cover ideal of a graph are Cohen-Macaulay.

Let R be a commutative multiplication ring and let N be a non-zero finitely generated multiplication R-module. We characterize certain prime submodules of N. Also, we show that N is Cohen-Macaulay whenever R is Noetherian.

Let denote an ideal in a Noetherian ring R, and M a finitely generated R-module. We introduce the concept of the cohomological dimension filtration $={M_i}_{i=0}^c$, where c = cd(,M) and $M_i$ denotes the largest submodule of M such that $cd(,M_i)\le i$. Some properties of this filtration are investigated. In particular, if (R,) is local and c = dim M, we are able to determine the annihilator of the top local cohomology module $H_{}^c\left(M\right)$, namely $An{n}_R\left(H_{}^c\left(M\right)\right)=An{n}_R(M/M_{c-1})$. As a consequence, there exists an ideal of R such that $An{n}_R\left(H_{}^c\left(M\right)\right)=An{n}_R(M/H{⁰}_{}\left(M\right))$. This generalizes the main results...