The radius of a subcategory of modules (Q2509395)

The authors introduce and study an invariant for subcategories \(\mathcal{X}\) of finitely generated modules over a local ring \(R\), called the radius of \(\mathcal{X}\). It represents the least number of extensions necessary to build the whole objects in \(\mathcal{X}\) starting with a single object. This technique extends the techniques introduced for triangulated categories by \textit{R. Rouquier} [J. K-Theory 1, No. 2, 193--256 (2008; Zbl 1165.18008)]. It is proved that if \(R\) is a complete intersection and \(\mathcal{X}\) is a resolving subcategory of finite radius then \(X\) contains only maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules (Theorem I and Section 4), and that if \(R\) is a Cohen-Macaulay complete local ring with perfect coefficient field then the category of maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules over \(R\) has finite radius (Theorem II and Section 5). In the end of the paper (Section 6) connections between the radius and some well-studied notions (the dimension of the stable category of maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules, finite/countable Cohen-Macaulay representation type, the uniform Auslander condition) are exhibited.