On the strong persistence property and normally torsion-freeness of square-free monomial ideals

Abstract

In this paper, we first show that any square-free monomial ideal in $K[x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4, x_5]$ has the strong persistence property. Next we will provide a criterion for a minimal counterexample to the Conforti-Cornuejols conjecture. Finally we give a necessary and sufficient condition to determine the normally torsion-freeness of a linear combination of two normally torsion-free square-free monomial ideals.