Leavitt path algebras with finitely presented irreducible representations. (Q897785): Difference between revisions

Let \(E\) be an arbitrary graph, \(K\) be any field and let \(L=L_K(E)\) be the Leavitt path \(K\)-algebra associated to \(E\). The work under review gives necessary and sufficient conditions under which all the irreducible representations of \(L\) are finitely presented. In this case, the graph \(E\) is proved to be row-finite and the cycles in \(E\) form an Artinian partial ordered set under a suitable relation \(\geq\). If the graph \(E\) is finite, the above graphical conditions have been proved in a paper by \textit{A. Alahmadi}, \textit{H. Alsulami}, \textit{S. K. Jain} and \textit{E. Zelmanov} [J. Algebra Appl. 11, No. 6, Paper No. 1250225 (2012; Zbl 1279.16002)] to be equivalent to the fact that \(L_K(E)\) has finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimension. However, as proved in this work, there are examples showing that this equivalence no longer holds for infinite graphs. On the other hand, the paper gives a complete description of Leavitt path algebras over arbitrary graphs having finite Gelfand-Kirillov dimensions. More precisely it is proved that the following conditions are equivalent: (i) \(L\) has finite GK-dimension \(\leq 2m\), where \(m\) is a non-negative integer; (ii) Distinct cycles in \(E\) have no common vertex and the relation \(\geq\) defines a partial order in the set \(P\) of all cycles in \(E\) such that every chain in \(P\) has length at most \(m\); (iii) \(L\) is the union of a finite chain of graded ideals \(0\leq I_0<I_1<\cdots<I_m=L\) where \(m\) is a fixed integer, \(I_0\) (which might be zero) is von Neumann regular and, for each \(j\) with \(0\leq j\leq m-1\), the quotient \(I_{j+1}/I_j\) is a direct sum of a von Neumann regular ring and/or direct sums of matrix rings of the form \(M_{\Lambda_j}(K[x,x^{-1}])\) where \(\Lambda_j\) are arbitrary index sets.