Configurations in abelian categories. III. Stability conditions and identities

This is the third in a series on configurations in an abelian category A. Given a finite poset (I,?), an (I,?)-configuration(σ,ι,π) is a finite collection of objects σ(J) and morphisms ι(J,K) or in A satisfying some axioms, where J,K are subsets of I. Configurations describe how an object X in A decomposes into subobjects.The first paper defined configurations and studied moduli spaces of configurations in A, using the theory of Artin stacks. It showed well-behaved moduli stacks ObjA,MA(I,?) of objects and configurations in A exist when A is the abelian category coh(P) of coherent sheaves on a projective scheme P, or mod-KQ of representations of a quiver Q. The second studied algebras of constructible functions and stack functions on ObjA.This paper introduces (weak) stability conditions(τ,T,?) on A. We show the moduli spaces , , of τ-semistable, indecomposable τ-semistable and τ-stable objects in class α are constructible sets in ObjA, and some associated configuration moduli spaces constructible in MA(I,?), so their characteristic functions and are constructible.We prove many identities relating these constructible functions, and their stack function analogues, under pushforwards. We introduce interesting algebras of constructible and stack functions, and study their structure. In the fourth paper we show are independent of (τ,T,?), and construct invariants of A,(τ,T,?).     

Co-rectangular bands and cosheaves in categories of algebras

Conditions on a categoryC are studied which imply that every structure of rectangular band on an objectS ofC arises from a unique product decompositionS=S ₁×S ₂, especially in the case whereC is the opposite of a category of algebras.Sheaves on Stone spaces with values in opposites of categories of algebras are examined.The analog of the bounded Boolean power constructionR[B]^* forR an object of a general category is described.This work was done while the author was partly supported by NSF contract DMS 85-02330.Presented by R. S. Pierce.