Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2018
Let $R$ be a commutative Noetherian ring of prime characteristic
$p$. In this paper, we give a short proof using filter regular sequences that the set of associated prime ideals of
$H_{I}^{t}(R)$ is finite for any ideal
$I$ and for any
$t\geqslant 0$ when
$R$ has finite
$F$-representation type or finite singular locus. This extends a previous result by Takagi–Takahashi and gives affirmative answers for a problem of Huneke in many new classes of rings in positive characteristic. We also give a criterion about the singularities of
$R$ (in any characteristic) to guarantee that the set
$\operatorname{Ass}H_{I}^{2}(R)$ is always finite.
This paper was done while the second author was visiting Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics.