Krull dimension and regularity of binomial edge ideals of block graphs

We give a lower bound for the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity of binomial edge ideals of block graphs by computing the two distinguished extremal Betti numbers of a new family of block graphs, called flower graphs. Moreover, we present a linear time algorithm to compute the Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity and Krull dimension of binomial edge ideals of block graphs.