Corners of Leavitt path algebras of finite graphs are Leavitt path algebras

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2019.11.020MaRDI QIDQ2285241zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Tran Giang Nam, Gene Abrams

Publication date 16 January 2020

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.03641

zbMATH Keywords

Leavitt path algebraMorita equivalence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Leavitt path algebras (16S88)

Abstract: We achieve an extremely useful description (up to isomorphism) of the Leavitt path algebra $L_K(E)$ of a finite graph $E$ with coefficients in a field $K$ as a direct sum of matrix rings over $K$, direct sum with a corner of the Leavitt path algebra $L_K(F)$ of a graph $F$ for which every regular vertex is the base of a loop. Moreover, in this case one may transform the graph $E$ into the graph $F$ via some step-by-step procedure, using the "source elimination" and "collapsing" processes. We use this to establish the main result of the article, that every nonzero corner of a Leavitt path algebra of a finite graph is isomorphic to a Leavitt path algebra. Indeed, we prove a more general result, to wit, that the endomorphism ring of any nonzero finitely generated projective $L_K(E)$-module is isomorphic to the Leavitt path algebra of a graph explicitly constructed from $E$. Consequently, this yields in particular that every unital $K$-algebra which is Morita equivalent to a Leavitt path algebra is indeed isomorphic to a Leavitt path algebra.

Review text

This aricle is very nice and important. A \emph{corner} of a Leavitt path algebra given by a non-zero idempotent \(\varepsilon\) is the intersection of left and right ideals generated by \(\varepsilon\), respectively. The main result, Theorem 3.15 showed that every corner of a Leavitt path algebra associated to a finite graph is again a Leavitt path algebra. Its proof requires several preparatory, interesting results on Leavitt path algebras and graph operations. In particular, Theorem 3.15 implies that a corner at any vertex is always a Leavitt path algebra. Therefore this consequence confirms again the importance and the specific role of the classical Leavitt and Cohn algebras in the study of Leavitt path algebra.

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