Geometry and the zero sets of semi-invariants for homogeneous modules over canonical algebras. (Q2475084)

Canonical algebras are defined as certain quivers with relations, and they received significant attention in the representation theory of finite-dimensional algebras. A module over a canonical algebra is called homogeneous if it is fixed by the Auslander-Reiten translation. The author determines those canonical algebras for which the variety of modules of dimension vector \(\alpha\) is a complete intersection (respectively, normal) for all homogeneous dimension vectors \(\alpha\). It turns out that this property depends only on the Gabriel quiver of the canonical algebra, and there are infinitely many quivers such that the corresponding canonical algebra is wild and has this property. For canonical algebras not belonging to the above class, the author proves that the common zero locus of all non-constant semi-invariant polynomial functions on the module variety is a set theoretic complete intersection for all sufficiently large homogeneous dimension vectors, and determines explicitly the number of irreducible components of this common zero locus.