Remarks on non-commutative crepant resolutions of complete intersections (Q973932)

Let \(R\) be a Gorenstein local normal domain. If \(M\) is a reflexive \(R\)-module such that \(A=\Hom_R(M,M)\) is maximal Cohen-Macaulay \(R\)-module of finite global dimension then \(A\) is called a non-commutative crepant resolution (shortly NCCR). \textit{M. van den Bergh} [The legacy of Niels Henrik Abel. Papers from the Abel bicentennial conference, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, June 3--8, 2002. Berlin: Springer. 749--770 (2004; Zbl 1082.14005)] showed for dimension \(3\) isolated terminal singularities that the existence of a NCCR is equivalent with the existence of a desingularization \(f:Y\rightarrow X=\text{Spec}\;R\) such that \(f^*\omega_X=\omega_Y\). Let \(R\) be a local hypersurface satisfying condition \((R_2)\) and such that \({\hat R}\cong S/(f)\) for an equicharacteristic or unramified local ring \(S\), \(f\) being a regular element of \(S\). The main results of the paper are the followings: i) \(R\) admits no NCCR if either \(\dim \;R=3\) and \(R\) is \({\mathbb Q}\)-factorial, or \(R\) has isolated singularity and \(\dim\;R>3\) is even. ii) \(R\) admits a NCCR (a suggestion how to build it is given) if there exists an indecomposable maximal Cohen-Macaulay \(R\)-module which is not Tor-rigid.