Essential dimension of representations of algebras

DOI10.4171/CMH/500MaRDI QIDQ2227780zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 15 February 2021

Published in Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.00642

algebraic stacks essential dimension gerbes quivers representation type

Stacks and moduli problems (14D23) Representations of quivers and partially ordered sets (16G20) Representation type (finite, tame, wild, etc.) of associative algebras (16G60)

Abstract: Let

k

be a field,

A

a finitely generated associative

k

-algebra and

o p e r a t o r n a m e {R e p}_{A} [n]

the functor

o p e r a t o r n a m e {F i e l d s}_{k} o o p e r a t o r n a m e S e t s

, which sends a field

K

containing

k

to the set of isomorphism classes of representations of

A_{K}

of dimension at most

n

. We study the asymptotic behavior of the essential dimension of this functor, i.e., the function

r_{A} (n) := o p e r a t o r n a m e {e d}_{k} (o p e r a t o r n a m e {R e p}_{A} [n])

, as

n o i n f t y

. In particular, we show that the rate of growth of

r_{A} (n)

determines the representation type of

A

. That is,

r_{A} (n)

is bounded from above if

A

is of finite representation type, grows linearly if

A

is of tame representation type and grows quadratically if A is of wild representation type. Moreover,

r_{A} (n)

is a finer invariant of A, which allows us to distinguish among algebras of the same representation type.

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Summary: Let \(k\) be a field, \(A\) be a finitely generated associative \(k\)-algebra and \(\text{Rep}_A[n]\) be the functor Fields\(_k \to\) Sets, which sends a field \(K\) containing \(k\) to the set of isomorphism classes of representations of \(A_K\) of dimension at most \(n\). We study the asymptotic behavior of the essential dimension of this functor, i.e., the function \(r_A(n) := \text{ed}_k (\text{Rep}_A [n])\), as \(n \to \infty\). In particular, we show that the rate of growth of \(r_A(n)\) determines the representation type of \(A\). That is, \(r_A(n)\) is bounded from above if \(A\) is of finite representation type, grows linearly if \(A\) is of tame representation type, and grows quadratically if \(A\) is of wild representation type. Moreover, \(r_A(n)\) allows us to construct invariants of algebras which are finer than the representation type.

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