Let R be a Noetherian ring and I an ideal in R. Then there exists an integer k such that for all n 1 there exists a primary decomposition I n = q 1 \ \ q s such that for all i, p q i nk q i. Also, for each homogeneous ideal I in a polynomial ring over a eld there exists an integer k such that the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of I n is bounded above by kn. The regularity part follows from the ...
