Homological shift ideals of weighted oriented graphs

Abstract

In this paper, we study the homological shift ideals of edge ideals associated with weighted oriented graphs. For a weighted oriented graph $D$, let $HS_k(I(D))$ denote the $k^{th}$ homological shift ideal of its edge ideal $I(D)$. If $D$ is vertex-splittable, then we characterize that $HS_1(I(D))$ has linear quotients if and only if $D_6$, $D_7$, and $D_8$ are not induced subgraphs of $D$. Furthermore, we show that if $I(D)$ has linear quotients, then $\sqrt{HS_k(I(D))} = HS_k(I(G))$, for all $k\geq 1$, where $G$ is the underlying simple graph of $D$. We show that if $I(D)$ has homological linear quotients, then $I(G)$ also has homological linear quotients. If $D$ is a tree, then we establish the following characterization: \begin{align*} HS_k(I(D)) \text{ has linear quotients for all } k\geq 0 \iff ~ &G~ \text{is} \text{ a star graph or a broom graph} \\ &\text{ and }~ D \text{ is $D_i$-free, for } i=1,2,5,6,8. \end{align*}