2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/65028In this paper we investigate the question of normality for special monomial ideals in a polynomial ring over a field. We first include some expository sections that give the basics on the integral closure of a ideal, the Rees algebra on an ideal, and some fundamental results on the integral closure of a monomial ideal.Commutative AlgebraAlgebraic Geometry13C13, 13A20, 13F20text