Complete intersection monomial curves and the Cohen—Macaulayness of their tangent cones

Abstract

Let C(n) be a complete intersection monomial curve in the 4-dimensional affine space. In this paper we study the complete intersection property of the monomial curve C(n + wv), where w > 0 is an integer and v ∈ ℕ4. In addition, we investigate the Cohen–Macaulayness of the tangent cone of C(n + wv).