Let $K$ be a field and $S=K[x_1,...,x_m,y_1,...,y_n]$ be the standard bigraded polynomial ring over $K$. In this paper, we explicitly describe the structure of finitely generated bigraded “sequentially Cohen-Macaulay” $S$-modules with respect to $Q=(y_1,...,y_n)$. Next, we give a characterization of sequentially Cohen-Macaulay modules with respect to $Q$ in terms of local cohomology modules. Cohen-Macaulay modules that are sequentially Cohen-Macaulay with respect to $Q$ are considered.

Let $(R,𝔪)$ be a standard graded $K$-algebra over a field $K$. Then $R$ can be written as $S/I$, where $I\subseteq {(x_1,...,x_n)}^2$ is a graded ideal of a polynomial ring $S=K[x_1,...,x_n]$. Assume that $n\ge 3$ and $I$ is a strongly stable monomial ideal. We study the symmetric algebra ${\mathrm{Sym}}_R\left({\mathrm{Syz}}_1\left(𝔪\right)\right)$ of the first syzygy module ${\mathrm{Syz}}_1\left(𝔪\right)$ of $𝔪$. When the minimal generators of $I$ are all of degree 2, the dimension of ${\mathrm{Sym}}_R\left({\mathrm{Syz}}_1\left(𝔪\right)\right)$ is calculated and a lower bound for its depth is obtained. Under suitable conditions, this lower bound is reached.

We study the set of monomial ideals in a polynomial ring as an ordered set, with the ordering given by reverse inclusion. We give a short proof of the fact that every antichain of monomial ideals is finite. Then we investigate ordinal invariants for the complexity of this ordered set. In particular, we give an interpretation of the height function in terms of the Hilbert-Samuel polynomial, and we compute bounds on the maximal order type.