Symbolic powers in weighted oriented graphs

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a weighted oriented graph with the underlying graph [Formula: see text] when vertices with non-trivial weights are sinks and [Formula: see text] be the edge ideals corresponding to [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] respectively. We give an explicit description of the symbolic powers of [Formula: see text] using the concept of strong vertex covers. We show that the ordinary and symbolic powers of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] behave in a similar way. We provide a description for symbolic powers and Waldschmidt constant of [Formula: see text] for certain classes of weighted oriented graphs. When [Formula: see text] is a weighted oriented odd cycle, we compute [Formula: see text] and prove [Formula: see text] and show that equality holds when there is only one vertex with non-trivial weight.