Symbolic Rees algebras of complementary edge ideals

Abstract

Let $G$ be a finite simple graph on $[n]$ and let $I_c(G)$ denote its complementary edge ideal in the polynomial ring $S = K[x_1,\dots,x_n]$. We give a combinatorial description, in terms of the structure of $G$, of the minimal generators of the symbolic Rees algebra $\mathcal{R}_s(I_c(G)) = \bigoplus_{k \geq 0} I_c(G)^{(k)} t^k$, and show that this algebra is generated in degree at most $6$. Moreover, we completely determine the minimal generators of $\mathcal{R}_{s}(I_{c}(G))$ in graph-theoretic terms. We then study in more detail the homological invariants of the symbolic powers $I_c(G)^{(k)}$ for the classes of cycle graphs and complete multipartite graphs. For theses families, we study the behavior of the symbolic depth function $k\mapsto\operatorname{depth} S/I_c(G)^{(k)}$, we obtain the limit depth of the symbolic powers and the Waldschmidt constant of $I_c(G)$, and further prove that all the symbolic powers $I_c(G)^{(k)}$ are componentwise linear.