Essential dimension of representations of algebras

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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