Matlis Duality and Finiteness Properties of Generalized Local Cohomology Modules

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be an ideal of a commutative Noetherian local ring [Formula: see text] and M, N be two finitely generated R-modules such that M is of finite projective dimension n. Let t be a positive integer. We show that if there exists a regular sequence [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] and the i-th local cohomology module [Formula: see text] of N with respect to [Formula: see text] is zero for all i > t, then [Formula: see text], where D(-):= Hom R(-,E). Also, we prove that if N is a Cohen-Macaulay R-module of dimension d, then the generalized local cohomology module [Formula: see text] is co-Cohen-Macaulay of Noetherian dimension d. Finally, with an elementary proof, we show that [Formula: see text] is finite.