On modules with trivial self-extensions (Q1103705)

Let \({}_ BT_ A\) be a bimodule over connected artin algebras A and B with the properties (1) \(T_ A\) and \({}_ BT\) finitely generated (2) \(B=End(T_ A)\) and \(A=End(_ BT)\), and (3) \(Ext\) \(i_ B(T,T)=0=Ext\) \(i_ A(T,T)\) for all integers \(i\geq 1\). It is well known that such modules appear in the tilting theory and in the study of the generalized Nakayama conjecture. The author proves that the projective (injective) dimensions of \(T_ A\) and \({}_ BT\) coincide, if they are finite; in this case \(T_ A\) and \({}_ BT\) have the same number of nonisomorphic indecomposable direct summands.