Curve singularities of finite Cohen-Macaulay type (Q1192112)

Let \(R\) be a Cohen-Macaulay local ring. Then \(R\) is said to be of finite Cohen-Macaulay type if there are only finitely many isomorphism classes of indecomposable (finite) Cohen-Macaulay \(R\)-modules. We refer to \textit{Y. Yoshino}'s book ``Cohen-Macaulay modules over Cohen-Macaulay rings'', Lond. Math. Lect. Note Ser. 146 (1990; Zbl 0745.13003) for a comprehensive list of publications on this subject. Let \(R\) ba a one-dimensional, reduced, complete, equicharacteristic local ring with coefficient field \(k\). Assume that the residue fields \(K\) of the normalization of \(R\) are separable over \(k\). The author classifies those \(R\)'s which have finite Cohen-Macaulay type or equivalently which admit only finitely many non-isomorphic indecomposable torsionfree \(R\)- modules. (Actually in the case considered here, the condition for \(R\) to have finite CM type is equivalent to \([K:k]\leq 3\).) -- The proof uses the fact that \(R\) has finite CM type if and only if the (``special'') artinian pair \((R/c,\tilde R/c)\) has finite representation type where \(\tilde R\) is the normalization of \(R\) and \(c\) the conductor of \(R\) in \(\tilde R\) [see \textit{Yu. A. Drodz} and \textit{A. V. Rojter}, Izv. Akad. Nauk. SSSR, Ser. Mat. 31, 783-798 (1967; Zbl 0164.041)] and consists mainly of a classification of the special artinian pairs of finite representation type.