Brauer graph algebras are closed under derived equivalence (Q2137877)

Brauer graph algebras are symmetric special biserial algebras originating from modular representation theory. They appear in classifications of various classes of algebras, including blocks with cyclic or dihedral defect groups and blocks of Hecke algebras. Brauer tree algebras, the subclass of Brauer graph algebras of finite representation type, contain all blocks with cyclic defect group. The authors prove that the class of Brauer graph algebras is closed under derived equivalence (Corollary 1.3, page 1964): if \(A\) is an algebra Morita equivalent to a Brauer graph algebra and \(B\) is an algebra such that \(D^b(A) \simeq D^b(B)\), then \(B\) is Morita equivalent to a Brauer graph algebra. In order to prove Corollary 1.3, the authors use the rank of the maximal torus of the identity component \(\text{Out}^0(A)\) of the group of outer automorphisms of a symmetric stably biserial algebra \(A\).