The Non-Pure Dual Exchange Property in Low Dimensions

Abstract

We investigate monomial ideals satisfying the non-pure dual exchange property, a notion introduced in connection with componentwise polymatroidal ideals. Our contributions are twofold. First, we show that in two variables, every integrally closed monomial ideal satisfies this property; as a consequence, we characterize polymatroidal ideals in two variables. Second, for strongly stable (Borel) ideals in three variables, we establish a practical criterion: it suffices to verify the defining condition only for the Borel generators, and this verification reduces to simple inequalities involving the degrees in the second and third variables.