Matrix factorizations over elementary divisor domains

Publication date 21 February 2018

Abstract: We study the homotopy category

m a t h r m h m f (R, W)

of matrix factorizations of non-zero elements

W i n R^{i} m e s

, where

R

is an elementary divisor domain. When

R

has prime elements and

W

factors into a square-free element

W_{0}

and a finite product of primes of multiplicity greater than one and which do not divide

W_{0}

, we show that

m a t h r m h m f (R, W)

is triangle-equivalent with an orthogonal sum of the triangulated categories of singularities

m a t h r m D_{m a t h r m s i n g} (A_{n} (p))

of the local Artinian rings

A_{n} (p) = R / l a n g l e p^{n} a n g l e

, where

p

runs over the prime divisors of

W

of order

n g e q 2

. This result holds even when

R

is not Noetherian. The triangulated categories

m a t h r m D_{m a t h r m s i n g} (A_{n} (p))

are Krull-Schmidt and we describe them explicitly. We also study the cocycle category

m a t h r m z m f (R, W)

, showing that it is additively generated by elementary matrix factorizations. Finally, we discuss a few classes of examples.

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