Multiserial and special multiserial algebras and their representations (Q317349)

In the article under review, the authors study multiserial and special multiserial algebras. They generalize the classical, and well studied notions of biserial and special biserial algebras. A finitely generated module \(M\) over a finite dimensional algebra \(A\) is said to be multiserial if its radical is the sum of uniserial modules \(U_1,\cdots, U_l\) such that if \(i\neq j\), then \(U_i \cap U_j\) is either zero or a simple module. The algebra \(A\) is said to be multiserial if it is multiserial as a left or right module. An algebra is special multiserial if it is Morita equivalent to a quotient of a path algebra \(KQ\) by an admissible quiver \(I\) that satisfies the following property: For every arrow \(a\) in \(Q\) there is at most one arrow \(b\) in \(Q\) such that \(ab\notin I\) and at most one arrow \(c\) in \(Q\) such that \(ca\notin I\). As first main result, the authors show that every finitely generated module over a special multiserial algebra is multiserial. As corollary, the special-multiserial algebras are multiserial. The converse is usually wrong. Over an algebraically closed field, they prove that the class of symmetric special multiserial algebras coincides with the class of Brauer configuration algebras. Finally, they show that a symmetric algebra \(A\) such that \(\text{Rad}^2(A)\neq 0\) and \(\text{Rad}^3(A)=0\) is a special multiserial algebra.