Polarization and spreading of monomial ideals

Abstract

We characterize the monomial ideals $I\subset K[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ with the property that the polarization $I^p$ and $I^{\sigma^n}:=$ the ideal obtained from $I$ by the $n$-th iterated squarefree operator $\sigma$ are isomorphic via a permutation of variables. We give several methods to construct such ideals. We also compare the depth and sdepth of $I$ and $I^{\sigma^n}$.