A note on homological properties of Nakayama algebras

Using the resolution quiver for a connected Nakayama algebra, a fast algorithm is given to decide whether its global dimension is finite or not and whether it is Gorenstein or not. The latter strengthens a result of Ringel.     

Compact DG modules and Gorenstein DG algebras

When the base connected cochain DG algebra is cohomologically bounded, it is proved that the difference between the amplitude of a compact DG module and that of the DG algebra is just the projective dimension of that module. This yields the unboundedness of the cohomology of non-trivial regular DG algebras. When A is a regular DG algebra such that H(A) is a Koszul graded algebra, H(A) is proved to have the finite global dimension. And we give an example to illustrate that the global dimension of H(A) may be infinite, if the condition that H(A) is Koszul is weakened to the condition that A is a Koszul DG algebra. For a general regular DG algebra A, we give some equivalent conditions for the Gorensteiness. For a finite connected DG algebra A, we prove that D^c(A) and D^c(A ^op) admit Auslander-Reiten triangles if and only if A and A ^op are Gorenstein DG algebras. When A is a non-trivial regular DG algebra such that H(A) is locally finite, D^c(A) does not admit Auslander-Reiten triangles. We turn to study the existence of Auslander-Reiten triangles in D_lf^b(A) and D_lf^b (A ^op) instead, when A is a regular DG algebra. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10731070) and the Doctorate Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 20060246003)     

Some homological properties of {T}-Lau product algebras

Let \({T}\) be a homomorphism from a Banach algebra \({B}\) to a Banach algebra \({A}\). The Cartesian product space \({A\times B}\) with \({T}\)-Lau multiplication and \({\ell^1}\)-norm becomes a new Banach algebra \({A\times _T B}\). We investigate the notions such as approximate amenability, pseudo amenability, \({\phi}\)-pseudo amenability, \({\phi}\)-biflatness and \({\phi}\)-biprojectivity for Banach algebra \({A\times_T B}\). We also present an example to show that approximate amenability of \({A}\) and \({B}\) is not stable for \({A\times _TB}\). Finally we characterize the double centralizer algebra of \({A\times _T B}\) and present an application of this characterization.     

The relationship between homological properties and representation theoretic realization of artin algebras

We will study the relationship of quite different objects in the theory of artin algebras, namely Auslander-regular rings of global dimension two, torsion theories, -categories and almost abelian categories. We will apply our results to characterization problems of Auslander-Reiten quivers.

     

Growth of generalized Weyl algebras over polynomial algebras and Laurent polynomial algebras

We study the growth and the Gelfand-Kirillov dimension(GK-dimension) of the generalized Weyl algebra(GWA) A = D(σ, a), where D is a polynomial algebra or a Laurent polynomial algebra. Several necessary and sufficient conditions for GKdim(A) = GKdim(D) + 1 are given. In particular, we prove a dichotomy of the GK-dimension of GWAs over the polynomial algebra in two indeterminates, i.e., GKdim(A) is either 3 or ∞ in this case. Our results generalize several existing results in the literature and ca...     

On the homological finiteness properties of some modules over metabellian Lie algebras

We characterise the modulesB of homological typeFP _m over a finitely generated Lie algebraL such thatL is a split extension of an abelian idealA and an abelian subalgebraQ andA acts trivially onB. The characterisation is in terms of the invariant Δ introduced by R. Bryant and J. Groves and is a Lie algebra version of the generalisation [K 4, conjecture 1] of the still openFP _m -Conjecture for metabelian groups [Bi-G, Conjecture p. 367]. The casem=1 of our main result is treated separately, as there the characterisation is proved without restrictions on the type of the extension.     

Duality for cochain DG algebras

This paper develops a duality theory for connected cochain DG algebras,with particular emphasis on the non-commutative aspects.One of the main items is a dualizing DG module which induces a duality between the derived categories of DG left-modules and DG right-modules with finitely generated cohomology.As an application,it is proved that if the canonical module k=A/A≥1 has a semi-free resolution where the cohomological degree of the generators is bounded above,then the same is true for each DG module with finitely generated cohomology.     

Injectives of strongly hereditary relative homological algebras

IfR is a strongly hereditary relative homological algebra of Abelian groups which contains the torsion split sequences, then theR-injectives can be completely characterized. IfR is a relative homological algebra with enough projectives and enough injectives, which contains the torsiol split sequences, then equivalent conditions forR to be strongly hereditary are given.     

Rigid complexes via DG algebras

Let be a commutative ring, a commutative -algebra and a complex of -modules. We begin by constructing the square , which is also a complex of -modules. The squaring operation is a quadratic functor, and its construction requires differential graded (DG) algebras. If there exists an isomorphism , then the pair is called a rigid complex over relative to (there are some finiteness conditions). There is an obvious notion of rigid morphism between rigid complexes.

We establish several properties of rigid complexes, including their uniqueness, existence (under some extra hypothesis), and formation of pullbacks (resp. ) along a finite (resp. essentially smooth) ring homomorphism .

In the subsequent paper, Rigid Dualizing Complexes over Commutative Rings, we consider rigid dualizing complexes over commutative rings, building on the results of the present paper. The project culminates in our paper Rigid Dualizing Complexes and Perverse Sheaves on Schemes, where we give a comprehensive version of Grothendieck duality for schemes.

The idea of rigid complexes originates in noncommutative algebraic geometry, and is due to Van den Bergh (1997).

     

Characterizations of algebras with small homological dimensions

We introduce the class of double tilted algebras, containing the class of tilted algebras and prove various characterizations. In particular, we show that the class of double tilted algebras is the class of all artin algebras whose AR-quiver admits a faithful double section with a natural property. Moreover, we prove that the class of double tilted algebras coincides with the class of all artin algebras of global dimension three, for which every indecomposable finitely generated module has projective or injective dimension at most one. We also describe the structure of the category of finitely generated modules as well as the AR-quiver of double tilted algebras.     

Realizable polynomial algebras

In this paper we investigate whether a polynomial algebra can be realized as a cohomology ring of a topological space. Our main results are that we can split the realizable polynomial algebra into a tensor product of certain simple factors and that these factors are given explicitly whenp>7. What is worth mentioning is that most of these factors are known to be realizable.     

A homological characterization of piecewise hereditary algebras

Let Λ be a finite dimensional algebra over a field k. We will show here that Λ is piecewise hereditary if and only if its strong global dimension is finite. Dedicated to Otto Kerner on the occasion of his 65th birthday. The second author is supported by a grant from NSA. These results were obtained during a visit of the first author at Syracuse University. He would like to thank the second author for the hospitality during his stay.     

Field-dependent homological behavior of finite dimensional algebras

It is shown that the little finitistic dimension of a finite dimensional algebra, i.e., the supremum of the finite projective dimensions attained on finitely generated modules, is not necessarily attained on a cyclic module. In general, arbitrarily high numbers of generators are required. Moreover, it is demonstrated that this phenomenon may depend on the base fieldk. In fact, for each integerd>-3, there exists a quiver Γ with a set ρ of paths such that the little finitistic dimension of the finite dimensional algebrakΓ/<ρ> is attained on a cyclic module precisely when |k|≥d. By contrast, the global dimension of finite dimensional monomial relation algebras does not depend on the base field. This research was partially supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.