Directing components for quasitilted algebras (Q4943541)

Let \(A\) be a finite-dimensional algebra over a field \(k\), and consider \(\text{mod }A\), the category of finitely generated left \(A\)-modules. Given \(X\in\text{mod }A\), denote by \(\text{pd}_AX\) and \(\text{id}_AX\) its projective and injective dimension, respectively. The global dimension \(\text{gl dim }A\) of \(A\) is the supremum of \(\text{pd}_AX\) with \(X\in\text{mod }A\). Denote by \(\Gamma_A\) the Auslander-Reiten quiver of \(A\). Recall that an algebra \(A\) is called a quasitilted algebra if: (i) \(\text{gl dim }A\leq 2\); and (ii) for an indecomposable \(X\in\text{mod }A\), either \(\text{pd}_AX\leq 1\) or \(\text{id}_AX\leq 1\). The purpose of this article is to describe the directing components of the Auslander-Reiten quiver \(\Gamma_A\) of a quasitilted algebra \(A\), that is, the components consisting of indecomposable modules which do not lie in oriented cycles. The class of quasitilted algebras contains the tilted algebras and it is known that for these algebras the directing components are of three types: either postprojective or preinjective or a connecting component (a component containing a complete slice). The author shows that the same holds for quasitilted algebras and as a consequence, for quasitilted algebras \(A\) which are not tilted, the directing components of \(\Gamma_A\) are either postprojective or preinjective.