Generalized F-Modules and the Associated Primes of Local Cohomology Modules

We introduce a class of modules called generalized f-modules, which contains strictly all f-modules and generalized Cohen–Macaulay modules. The properties of multiplicity, local cohomology modules, localization, completion… of these modules are presented. A result concerning the finiteness of associated primes of local cohomology modules with respect to generalized f-modules is given. Some connections to the coordinate rings of algebraic varieties and Stanley-Reisner rings are considered.