Regular edges, matchings and Hilbert series
摘要
When I is the edge ideal of a graph G, we use combinatorial properties, particularly property P on connectivity of neighbors of an edge, to classify when a binomial sum of vertices is a regular element on R/I(G). Under a mild separability assumption, we identify when such elements can be combined to form a regular sequence. Using these regular sequences, we show that the Hilbert series and corresponding h-vector can be calculated from a related graph using a simplified calculation on the f-vector, or independence vector, of the related graph. In the case when the graph is Cohen–Macaulay with a perfect matching of regular edges satisfying the separability criterion, the h-vector of R/I(G) will be precisely the f-vector of the Stanley–Reisner complex of a graph with half as many vertices as G.