The equality I^2=QI in Buchsbaum rings

Abstract

Let A be a Noetherian local ring with the maximal ideal m and d=dimA. Let Q be a parameter ideal in A. Let I=Q:m. The problem of when the equality I^2=QI holds true is explored. When A is a Cohen-Macaulay ring, this problem was completely solved by A. Corso, C. Huneke, C. Polini, and W. Vasconcelos, while nothing is known when A is not a Cohen-Macaulay ring. The present purpose is to show that within a huge class of Buchsbaum local rings A the equality I^2=QI holds true for all parameter ideals Q. The result will supply theorems of K. Yamagishi, S. Goto and K. Nishida with ample examples of ideals I, for which the Rees algebras R(I), the associated graded rings G(I), and the fiber cones F(I) are all Buchsbaum rings with certain specific graded local cohomology modules. Two examples are explored. One is to show that I^2=QI may hold true for all parameter ideals Q in A, even though A is not a generalized Cohen-Macaulay ring, and the other one is to show that the equality I^2=QI may fail to hold for some parameter ideal Q in A, even though A is a Buchsbaum local ring with multiplicity at least three.