Exceptional Sequences Determined by their Cartan Matrix

We investigate complete exceptional sequences E=(E ₁,¨,E _n ) in the derived category D ^b of finite-dimensional modules over a canonical algebra, equivalently in the derived category D ^b X of coherent sheaves on a weighted projective line, and the associated Cartan matrices C(E)=( E _i ],E _j ]). As a consequence of the transitivity of the braid group action on such sequences we show that a given Cartan matrix has at most finitely many realizations by an exceptional sequence E, up to an automorphism and a multi-translation (E ₁,¨,E _n )(E ₁i ₁],¨,E _n i _n ]) of D ^b . Moreover, we determine a bound on the number of such realizations. Our results imply that a derived canonical algebra A is determined by its Cartan matrix up to isomorphism if and only if the Hochschild cohomology of A vanishes in nonzero degree, a condition satisfied if A is representation-finite.