Components of AR-quivers for string algebras of type \(\widetilde{\mathbb{C}}\) and a conjecture by Geiss-Leclerc-Schröer (Q6114007)

H. Huang, Z. Lin, and X. Su study modules of certain string algebras, which are referred to as of affine type \(\widetilde{\mathbb{C}}\). The authors introduce minimal string modules and apply them to explicitly describe components of the Auslander-Reiten quivers of the string algebras and certain \(\tau\)-locally free modules. They show that an indecomposable module is \(\tau\)-locally free if and only if it is preprojective, or preinjective or regular in a tube. They also prove a certain correspondence between positive roots of type \(\widetilde{\mathbb{C}}\) and \(\tau\)-locally free modules of the corresponding string algebras. Furthermore, given a positive root \(\alpha\), the authors show that if \(\alpha\) is real, then there is a unique \(\tau\)-locally free module \(M\) (up to isomorphism) with \(\underline{\text{rank}} M = \alpha\); otherwise there are families of \(\tau\)-locally free modules with \(\underline{\text{rank}} M = \alpha\).