Modules cofinite with respect to ideals of small dimensions

Abstract: Let $\mathfrak{a}$ be an ideal of a noetherian (not necessarily local) ring $R$ and $M$ an $R$-module with $\mathrm{Supp}RM\subseteq\mathrm{V}(\mathfrak{a})$. We show that if $\mathrm{dim}_RM\leq2$, then $M$ is $\mathfrak{a}$-cofinite if and only if $\mathrm{Ext}^i_R(R/\mathfrak{a},M)$ are finitely generated for all $i\leq 2$, which generalizes one of the main results in [Algebr. Represent. Theory 18 (2015) 369--379]. Some new results concerning cofiniteness of local cohomology modules $\mathrm{H}^i\mathfrak{a}(M)$ for any finitely generated $R$-module $M$ are obtained.