Some results on the cartan matrix of a frobenius algebra (Q4369934)

Let \(R\) be a Frobenius algebra, \(N=\text{rad }R\) and \(S_1=\text{soc}(R)\subset S_2\subset\dots\) the socle-series of \(R\). In the paper the left Cartan matrix \(C\) of \(R\) is expressed in terms of the left Cartan matrix \(C_k\) of \(R/N^k\), the right Cartan matrix \(C_k^*\) of \(R/S_k\) and the Nakayama permutation \(\pi\) of \(R\). This is applied to derive that \(C\) is a diagonal matrix, in case \(R\) and \(R/\text{soc}(R)\) are both symmetric algebras. However, in this (very special) case it is obvious that \(R\) is a Nakayama algebra (generalized uniserial algebra), and for every indecomposable projective module \(P\) of \(R\) the composition factors of \(P\) are all isomorphic; in particular, \(C\) is a diagonal matrix.