Higher differential objects in additive categories

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Abstract: Given an additive category mathcalC and an integer ngeqslant2. We form a new additive category mathcalC[epsilon]n consisting of objects X in mathcalC equipped with an endomorphism epsilonX satisfying epsilonXn=0. First, using the descriptions of projective and injective objects in mathcalC[epsilon]n, we not only establish a connection between Gorenstein flat modules over a ring R and R[t]/(tn), but also prove that an Artinian algebra R satisfies some homological conjectures if and only if so does R[t]/(tn). Then we show that the corresponding homotopy category K(mathcalC[epsilon]n) is a triangulated category when mathcalC is an idempotent complete exact category. Moreover, under some conditions for an abelian category mathcalA, the natural quotient functor Q from K(mathcalA[epsilon]n) to the derived category D(mathcalA[epsilon]n) produces a recollement of triangulated categories. Finally, we prove that if mathcalA is an Ab4-category with a compact projective generator, then D(mathcalA[epsilon]n) is a compactly generated triangulated category.


For an additive category \(\mathcal{C}\) and \(n\geq 2\), an \(n\)-differential object \((C, \epsilon_C)\) in \(\mathcal{C}\) consists of an object \(C\) in \(\mathcal{C}\) and an endomorphism \(\epsilon_C\) on \(C\) satisfying \(\epsilon_C^n=0\). These objects form an additive category \(\mathcal{C}[\epsilon]^n\). This generalizes the well-known notion of differential modules. Recently, the Gorenstein homological properties of differential modules are studied in [\textit{C. M. Ringel} and \textit{P. Zhang}, ibid. 475, 327--360 (2017; Zbl 1406.16010); \textit{J. Wei}, Proc. R. Soc. Edinb., Sect. A, Math. 145, No. 3, 639--655 (2015; Zbl 1352.16006)]. This paper studies the exact structures on \(\mathcal{C}[\epsilon]^n\), including the projective and injective objects. Moreover, the Gorenstein flat \(n\)-differential modules are investigated. If the category \(\mathcal{C}\) is abelian, the paper studies when the unbounded derived category of \(\mathcal{C}[\epsilon]^n\) is compactly generated. The idempotent completeness of the homotopy category of \(\mathcal{C}[\epsilon]^n\) and related recollements are studied. The key observation is that there is a natural Frobenius pair of functors between \(\mathcal{C}\) and \(\mathcal{C}[\epsilon]^n\).



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