Algebras with irreducible module varieties. I (Q1711924)

Let \(A\) be a finite dimensional \(K\)-algebra over a fixed algebraically closed field \(K\), and for a nonnegative integer \(d\) let mod\((A,d)\) be the affine scheme of \(d\)-dimensional \(A\)-modules. In the paper under review, the authors introduce the notion of geometrically irreducible algebras, that is, the algebras such that for each \(d\) the connected components of mod\((A,d)\) are irreducible. The authors prove that the only geometrically irreducible algebras of finite global dimension are the hereditary ones. Moreover, it is shown that the truncated polynomial algebras are the only geometrically irreducible local algebras. Note that truncated polynomial rings \(K[X]/(X^m)\), \(m\geq 2\) are geometrically irreducible and non-hereditary algebras.