Direct sum decompositions of infinitely generated modules

cancellation complete intersections direct sums finite groups indecomposable modules infinite-dimensional representations infinitely generated modules Krull-Schmidt theorem modular representations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure and classification for modules, bimodules and ideals (except as in 16Gxx), direct sum decomposition and cancellation in associative algebras) (16D70) Representations of associative Artinian rings (16G10) Group rings (16S34) Group rings of finite groups and their modules (group-theoretic aspects) (20C05) Modular representations and characters (20C20)

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Many classical results about (finite-dimensional) modular representations of finite groups depend upon the Krull-Schmidt theorem. This paper discusses some infinite-dimensional representations that illustrate the necessity of finite dimensions in some of these results. Green's Indecomposability Theorem says that in characteristic \(p\), if \(H\triangleleft G\) and \([G:H]=p\), and \(M\) is an absolutely indecomposable \(kH\)-module of finite \(k\)-dimension, then the induced \(kG\)-module \(M \uparrow^G\) is also absolutely indecomposable. A counterexample is given here for the infinite-dimensional case. The context is quite simple: \(H\) is a Klein group, and \(G\) is dihedral of order eight. The rest of the paper investigates failure of cancellation in direct sums of infinite-dimensional \(kG\)-modules, for various elementary abelian \(p\)-groups \(G\). While it was already known that examples of this behaviour must exist, explicit examples are given here. It is shown, in effect, that any complete intersection is a homomorphic image of the endomorphism ring of a countably generated \(kG\)-module.

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