We investigate generalized notions of the nerve complex for the facets of a simplicial complex. We show that the homologies of these higher nerve complexes determine the depth of the Stanley-Reisner ring k[∆] as well as the f -vector and h-vector of ∆. We present, as an application, a formula for computing regularity of monomial ideals.
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