On the radical of cluster tilted algebras (Q2147394)

Cluster-tilted algebras were introduced in [\textit{A. B. Buan} et al., Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 359, No. 1, 323--332 (2007; Zbl 1123.16009)]; and independently in [\textit{P. Caldero} et al., Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 358, No. 3, 1347--1364 (2006; Zbl 1137.16020)] for type \(\mathbb{A}_n\), as the endomorphism algebras of cluster tilting objects over cluster categories. It is well known [\textit{M. Auslander} et al., Representation theory of Artin algebras. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1995; Zbl 0834.16001)] that if \(A\) is a finite-dimensional representation-finite algebra over an algebraically closed field, there is a positive integer \(n\) such that the \(n\)-th power of the radical \(R^n (X, Y ) = 0\) for any \(X, Y \in \bmod A\). The authors call the minimal lower bound of the above \(n\) the nilpotency index \(r_A\) of the radical of the module category \(\bmod A\). In the paper under review, the authors determine the nilpotency index \(r_A\) of the radical of the module category of a cluster tilted algebra \(A\) of representation finite type in terms of the number of vertices of the underline quiver.