On sequentially Cohen-Macaulay modules and sequentially generalized Cohen-Macaulay modules

Abstract

We introduce the notions of sequential sequence and sequential f-sequence in order to characterize sequentially Cohen-Macaulay modules and sequentially generalized Cohen-Macaulay modules. Let R be a Noetherian local ring and M a finitely generated R-module. We show that M is sequentially Cohen-Macaulay (resp. sequentially generalized Cohen-Macaulay) if and only if there exists a system of parameters of M that is an M- sequential sequence (resp. each generalized regular sequence s.o.p of M is an M-sequential f-sequence) and R/AnnR(M) is a quotient of a Cohen-Macaulay local ring. As an application, we give new characterizations of Cohen-Macaulay modules and generalized Cohen-Macaulay modules.