\(n\)-abelian and \(n\)-exact categories (Q303780)

The main motivation of this interesting paper is to introduce the notion of \(n\)-abelian category as a generalization of the classical notion of abelian category defined by \textit{A. Grothendieck} [Tohoku Math. J. (2) 9, 119--221 (1957; Zbl 0118.26104)] to axiomatize the properties of the category of modules over a ring and of the category of sheaves over a scheme. A brief description of the contents of this article is the following: In Section 2 the author introduce the basic concepts behind the definitions of \(n\)-abelian and \(n\)-exact categories: \(n\)-cokernels, \(n\)-kernels, \(n\)-exact sequences, and \(n\)-pushout and \(n\)-pullback diagrams. The central point of Section 3 is the notion of \(n\)-abelian category. In this section the author define these kind of categories as categories inhabited by certain exact sequences with \(n+2\) terms, called \(n\)-exact sequences. Also, section 3 contains the proofs of basic properties of \(n\)-abelian categories, including the existence of \(n\)-pushout (resp. \(n\)-pullback) diagrams. Moreover, in this third section we can find a characterization of semisimple categories in terms of \(n\)-abelian categories, the notion of projective object in \(n\)-abelian categories and their basic properties. Finally, in this section the author proved that \(n\)-cluster-tilting subcategories of abelian categories are \(n\)-abelian, and, if we assume that there exists enough projectives, a partial converse was given. Using a parallel way to \textit{T. Bühler}'s exposition of the basics of the theory of exact categories given in [Expo. Math. 28, No. 1, 1--69 (2010; Zbl 1192.18007)], the notion of \(n\)-exact category is introduced in Section 4. The author prove that the class of \(n\)-exact categories contains that of \(n\)-abelian categories, and also proves that if \({\mathcal M}\) is an \(n\)-cluster-tilting subcategory of an exact category, then \({\mathcal M}\) is an \(n\)-exact category (for the definition of \(n\)-cluster-tilting subcategory see the papers of \textit{O. Iyama} [Adv. Math. 210, No. 1, 51--82 (2007; Zbl 1115.16006); Adv. Math. 210, No. 1, 22--50 (2007; Zbl 1115.16005)], and the one of \textit{A. B. Buan} et al. [Adv. Math. 204, No. 2, 572--618 (2006; Zbl 1127.16011)]. In Section 5 the author define the notion of Frobenius \(n\)-exact category proving that their stable categories admits a structure of \((n+2)\)-angulated category; this property permits to introduce the notion of algebraic \((n+2)\)-angulated categories. Also, in this section we can find a method to construct Frobenius \(n\)-exact categories from certain \(n\)-cluster-tilting subcategories of Frobenius exact categories. As was proved in the final part of this section, this construction is closely related with the standard construction of \((n+2)\)-angulated categories given by \textit{C. Geiss} et al. [J. Reine Angew. Math. 675, 101--120 (2013; Zbl 1271.18013)]. Finally, working with finite dimensional algebras over an algebraically closed field, in Section 6 the author provides several examples to illustrate the main results of this paper.