Grothendieck group and generalized mutation rule for 2-Calabi-Yau triangulated categories

We compute the Grothendieck group of certain 2-Calabi-Yau triangulated categories appearing naturally in the study of the link between quiver representations and Fomin-Zelevinsky cluster algebras. In this setup, we also prove a generalization of the Fomin-Zelevinsky mutation rule.     

On the relation between cluster and classical tilting

Let be a triangulated category with a cluster tilting subcategory U. The quotient category is abelian; suppose that it has finite global dimension.We show that projection from to sends cluster tilting subcategories of to support tilting subcategories of , and that, in turn, support tilting subcategories of can be lifted uniquely to weak cluster tilting subcategories of .     

The quiver of projectives in hereditary categories with Serre duality

Let k be an algebraically closed field and A a k-linear hereditary category satisfying Serre duality with no infinite radicals between the preprojective objects. If A is generated by the preprojective objects, then we show that A is derived equivalent to for a so-called strongly locally finite quiver Q. To this end, we introduce light cone distances and round trip distances on quivers which will be used to investigate sections in stable translation quivers of the form ZQ.     

Recollements and tilting objects

We study connections between recollements of the derived category D(Mod R) of a ring R and tilting theory. We first provide constructions of tilting objects from given recollements, recovering several different results from the literature. Secondly, we show how to construct a recollement from a tilting module of projective dimension one. By Nicolás and Saorín (2009) [31], every recollement of D(Mod R) is associated to a differential graded homological epimorphism λ:R→S. We will focus on the case where λ is a homological ring epimorphism or even a universal localization. Our results will be employed in a forthcoming paper in order to investigate stratifications of D(Mod R).     

Folding derived categories with Frobenius functors

Following the work [B. Deng, J. Du, Frobenius morphisms and representations of algebras, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 358 (2006) 3591-3622], we show that a Frobenius morphism F on an algebra A induces naturally a functor F on the (bounded) derived category D^b(A) of , and we further prove that the derived category D^b(A^F) of for the F-fixed point algebra A^F is naturally embedded as the triangulated subcategory D^b(A)^F of F-stable objects in D^b(A). When applying the theory to an algebra with finite global dimension, we discover a folding relation between the Auslander-Reiten triangles in D^b(A^F) and those in D^b(A). Thus, the AR-quiver of D^b(A^F) can be obtained by folding the AR-quiver of D^b(A). Finally, we further extend this relation to the root categories ?(A^F) of A^F and ?(A) of A, and show that, when A is hereditary, this folding relation over the indecomposable objects in ?(A^F) and ?(A) results in the same relation on the associated root systems as induced from the graph folding relation.     

The Grothendieck group of a cluster category

For the cluster category of a hereditary or a canonical algebra, or equivalently for the cluster category of the hereditary category of coherent sheaves on a weighted projective line, we study the Grothendieck group with respect to an admissible triangulated structure.     

Comparisons between singularity categories and relative stable categories of finite groups

We consider the relationship between the relative stable category of and the usual singularity category for group algebras with coefficients in a commutative noetherian ring. When the coefficient ring is self-injective we show that these categories share a common, relatively large, Verdier quotient. At the other extreme, when the coefficient ring has finite global dimension, there is a semi-orthogonal decomposition, due to Poulton, relating the two categories. We prove that this decomposition is partially compatible with the monoidal structure and study the morphism it induces on spectra.     

Perpendicular categories of infinite dimensional partial tilting modules and transfers of tilting torsion classes

Let R be a ring and P be an (infinite dimensional) partial tilting module. We show that the perpendicular category of P is equivalent to the full module category where and ?R is the Bongartz complement of P modulo its P-trace. Moreover, there is a ring epimorphism φ:R→S. We characterize the case when φ is a perfect localization. By [Riccardo Colpi, Alberto Tonolo, Jan Trlifaj, Partial cotilting modules and the lattices induced by them, Comm. Algebra 25 (10) (1997) 3225-3237], there exist mutually inverse isomorphisms μ^′ and ν^′ between the interval in the lattice of torsion classes in , and the lattice of all torsion classes in . We provide necessary and sufficient conditions for μ^′ and ν^′ to preserve tilting torsion classes. As a consequence, we show that these conditions are always satisfied when R is a Dedekind domain, and if P is finitely presented and R is an artin algebra, then the conditions reduce to the trivial ones, namely that each value of μ^′ and ν^′ contains all injectives.     

Compact objects in stable module categories

Let R be a perfect ring, the stable module category of right R-modules. We show that any compact object in is isomorphic to some finitely generated R-module. Moreover, we apply the above to stable equivalences between module categories. Received: 10 April 2006     

Derived categories of graded gentle one-cycle algebras

Let A be a graded algebra. It is shown that the derived category of dg modules over A (viewed as a dg algebra with trivial differential) is a triangulated hull of a certain orbit category of the derived category of graded A-modules. This is applied to study derived categories of graded gentle one-cycle algebras.     

Bounds on the global dimension of certain piecewise hereditary categories

We give bounds on the global dimension of a finite length, piecewise hereditary category in terms of quantitative connectivity properties of its graph of indecomposables.We use this to show that the global dimension of a finite-dimensional, piecewise hereditary algebra A cannot exceed 3 if A is an incidence algebra of a finite poset or more generally, a sincere algebra. This bound is tight.     

The Popescu-Gabriel theorem for triangulated categories

The Popescu-Gabriel theorem states that each Grothendieck abelian category is a localization of a module category. In this paper, we prove an analogue where Grothendieck abelian categories are replaced by triangulated categories which are well generated (in the sense of Neeman) and algebraic (in the sense of Keller). The role of module categories is played by derived categories of small differential graded categories. An analogous result for topological triangulated categories has recently been obtained by A. Heider.     

On cluster algebras arising from unpunctured surfaces II

We study cluster algebras with principal and arbitrary coefficient systems that are associated to unpunctured surfaces. We give a direct formula for the Laurent polynomial expansion of cluster variables in these cluster algebras in terms of certain paths on a triangulation of the surface. As an immediate consequence, we prove the positivity conjecture of Fomin and Zelevinsky for these cluster algebras.Furthermore, we obtain direct formulas for F-polynomials and g-vectors and show that F-polynomials have constant term equal to 1. As an application, we compute the Euler-Poincaré characteristic of quiver Grassmannians in Dynkin type A and affine Dynkin type .     

On derived equivalences of categories of sheaves over finite posets

A finite poset X carries a natural structure of a topological space. Fix a field k, and denote by D^b(X) the bounded derived category of sheaves of finite dimensional k-vector spaces over X. Two posets X and Y are said to be derived equivalent if D^b(X) and D^b(Y) are equivalent as triangulated categories.We give explicit combinatorial properties of X which are invariant under derived equivalence; among them are the number of points, the Z-congruency class of the incidence matrix, and the Betti numbers. We also show that taking opposites and products preserves derived equivalence.For any closed subset Y⊆X, we construct a strongly exceptional collection in D^b(X) and use it to show an equivalence D^b(X)?D^b(A) for a finite dimensional algebra A (depending on Y). We give conditions on X and Y under which A becomes an incidence algebra of a poset.We deduce that a lexicographic sum of a collection of posets along a bipartite graph S is derived equivalent to the lexicographic sum of the same collection along the opposite .This construction produces many new derived equivalences of posets and generalizes other well-known ones.As a corollary we show that the derived equivalence class of an ordinal sum of two posets does not depend on the order of summands. We give an example that this is not true for three summands.     

An elementary construction of tilting complexes

Let A be an artin algebra and e∈A an idempotent with add(eA_A)=add(D(_AAe)). Then a projective resolution of Ae_eAe gives rise to tilting complexes for A, where P(l)^• is of term length l+1. In particular, if A is self-injective, then is self-injective and has the same Nakayama permutation as A. In case A is a finite dimensional algebra over a field and eAe is a Nakayama algebra, a projective resolution of eAe over the enveloping algebra of eAe gives rise to two-sided tilting complexes {T(2l)^•}_l?1 for A, where T(2l)^• is of term length 2l+1. In particular, if eAe is of Loewy length two, then we get tilting complexes {T(l)^•}_l?1 for A, where T(l)^• is of term length l+1.     

Remarks on balance in generalized Tate cohomology

We consider two pairs of complete hereditary cotorsion theories on the category of left R-modules, such that We prove that for any left R-modules M, N and for any n ≧ 1, the generalized Tate cohomology modules can be computed either using a left of M and a left of M or using a right a right of N. Received: 17 December 2004     

Combinatorial derived invariants for gentle algebras

We define derived equivalent invariants for gentle algebras, constructed in an easy combinatorial way from the quiver with relations defining these algebras. Our invariants consist of pairs of natural numbers and contain important information about the algebra and the structure of the stable Auslander-Reiten quiver of its repetitive algebra. As a by-product we obtain that the number of arrows of the quiver of a gentle algebra is invariant under derived equivalence. Finally, our invariants separate the derived equivalence classes of gentle algebras with at most one cycle.