Analytic Spread via Linear Matroids

Abstract

We give a systematic analysis of the analytic spread of the determinantal ideal $J_{G,H}$ arising from a pair of graphs $(G, H)$. We give sharp bounds for this analytic spread, and combinatorial conditions and obstructions for its maximality via a linear matroid. When $H$ is a single edge, $J_{G,H}$ is isomorphic to the binomial edge ideal $J_G$ and its analytic spread is shown to equal the rank of $G$ in Kalai's $2$-hyperconnectivity matroid.