Exceptional components of wild hereditary algebras (Q1204415)

Let \(A\) be a wild hereditary algebra (basic, connected, finite dimensional over an algebraically closed field). With the aim of studying the infinite radical of the category of (finitely generated) \(A\)-modules, the author studies in this paper the morphisms between modules belonging to the same regular component of the Auslander-Reiten quiver \(\Gamma(A)\) of \(A\). This is done using a numerical invariant meant to be an analog of the notion of period of a tube in the tame hereditary case: let \(\mathcal C\) be a regular component of \(\Gamma(A)\), the quasi-rank \(\text{rk}({\mathcal C})\) of it is defined to be the least integer \(N\) such that \(\text{rad}(X,\tau^ nX) \neq 0\) for all \(n \geq N\) and all \(X\) in \(\mathcal C\). Using this notion, the author derives various conditions on the existence of morphisms between indecomposable regular \(A\)-modules. A regular component of \(\mathcal C\) of \(\Gamma(A)\) is called exceptional if there exists an \(r > 0\) and an indecomposable (quasi-simple) module \(X\) in \(\mathcal C\) such that \(\Hom_ A(X,\tau^ rX) \neq 0\) but \(\Hom_ A(X,\tau^{r+1}X) = 0\). The author gives sufficient conditions for the existence of regular components, then shows that any wild hereditary algebra has at most finitely many exceptional components. Consequently, if one denotes by \(\bar t(A)\) the finite maximum of the quasi-ranks of the regular components of \(\mathcal C\), one gets that, if \(X\), \(Y\) are any two indecomposable regular modules with \(\Hom_ A(X,Y) \neq 0\), then \(\Hom_ A(X,\tau^ \ell Y)\neq 0\) for all \(\ell \geq \bar t(A)\). The author shows also that the existence of exceptional components has some consequences on the shape of the ordinary quiver of \(A\), then calculates the quasi-ranks for some examples of wild hereditary algebras. The last section is devoted to some applications to tilting theory using mainly the results obtained by the author [in J. Lond. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 39, 29-47 (1989; Zbl 0675.16013) and J. Algebra 142, 37-57 (1991; Zbl 0737.16007)].