Degenerations over \((A_{\infty})\)-singularities and construction of degenerations over commutative rings (Q1730203)

Let $k$ be a field, and let $R$ be a $k$-algebra. Let $M$ and $N$ be $R$-modules with equal finite dimension as $k$-vector spaces. We say that $M$ degenerates to $N$ if in the module variety the point corresponding to $M$ belongs to the Zariski closure of the orbit of the point corresponding to $N$. The authors give a necessary condition of degeneration via matrix representations, and consider degenerations of indecomposable Cohen-Macaulay modules over hypersurface singularities of type $(A_{\infty})$. They also provide a method to construct degenerations of finitely generated modules over commutative rings.