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Binomial Edge Ideals: A Survey

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Multigraded Algebra and Applications (NSA 2016)

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This is a survey paper on binomial edge ideals of graphs. We give an overview of various studied properties and invariants of those ideals, with special attention to their Gröbner bases, primary decomposition and minimal graded free resolution.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to express my deepest thanks to Prof. Dariush Kiani, my former PhD advisor—with whom all of my contributions to the binomial edge ideals have been- for all fruitful discussions during my Phd and afterwards. This research was also in part supported by a grant from IPM (No. 96130024).

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Saeedi Madani, S. (2018). Binomial Edge Ideals: A Survey. In: Ene, V., Miller, E. (eds) Multigraded Algebra and Applications. NSA 2016. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 238. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90493-1_4

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