Surjectivity of some local cohomology map and the second vanishing theorem

Abstract: The second vanishing theorem has a long history in the theory of local cohomology modules, which connects the vanishing of a complete regular local ring with a topological property of the punctured spectrum of the ring under some conditions. However, the case of complete ramified regular local rings is unresolved. In this paper, we give a partial answer to the second vanishing theorem in the ramified case. Our proof is inspired by the theory of surjective elements in the theory of local cohomology.