Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Assume that $R$ is a commutative Noetherian ring with non-zero identity, $\mathfrak{a}$ is an ideal of $R$, and $X$ is an $R$-module. In this paper, we first study the finiteness of Betti numbers of local cohomology modules $\text{H}_{\mathfrak{a}}^{i}\left( X \right)$. Then we give some inequalities between the Betti numbers of $X$ and those of its local cohomology modules. Finally, we present many upper bounds for the flat dimension of $X$ in terms of the flat dimensions of its local cohomology modules and an upper bound for the flat dimension of $\text{H}_{\mathfrak{a}}^{i}\left( X \right)$ in terms of the flat dimensions of the modules $\text{H}_{\mathfrak{a}}^{j}\left( X \right),j\ne i$, and that of $X$.