On the binomial edge ideals of proper interval graphs

Abstract

We prove several cases of the Betti number conjecture for the binomial edge ideal $J_G$ of a proper interval graph $G$ (also known as closed graph). Namely, we show that this conjecture is true for the linear strand of $J_G$, and true in general for any proper interval graph $G$ such that the regularity of $S/J_G$ equals two.