Linear functionals and infinite dimensional (Q4033137)

Let \(\Gamma\) be a two-sided indecomposable, tame, hereditary algebra which is of finite dimension over a field \(K\). The finite dimensional \(\Gamma\)-modules have been extensively investigated and are well understood. In this paper, generalizing \textit{F. Okoh's} results [Ph. D. Thesis (Queen's Univ. 1975)], the author shows that every purely simple, infinite dimensional, torsion-free \(\Gamma\)-module \(M\) of rank \(n\) (\(\geq 2\)), is the middle term of a short exact sequence \(0 \to P \to M \to F \to 0\), where \(P\) is finite dimensional, torsion-free and of rank \((n - 1)\), and \(F\) is infinite dimensional, torsion-free and of rank 1. The kernel term \(P\) is a direct sum of finite dimensional preprojective modules and since \textit{C. M. Ringel} [Symp. Math. 23, 321-412 (1979; Zbl 0429.16022)] gives a classification of all torsion-free rank 1 \(\Gamma\)- modules using height functions, one is able to describe the structure of the cokernel terms in the sequence. When \(K\) is algebraically closed, it is shown that \(M\) may be realized by using sequences of linear functionals mapping from \(K(x)\) to \(K\).