The representation type of the descent algebras of type A

DOI10.1007/S11425-024-2378-YMaRDI QIDQ6897740zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Karin Erdmann, Kay Jin Lim

Publication date 19 November 2025

Published in Science China. Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S11425-024-2378-Y

zbMATH Keywords

descent algebraExt quiverrepresentation typesymmetric group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Representations of quivers and partially ordered sets (16G20) Representations of finite symmetric groups (20C30)

Review text

The descent algebras of finite Coxeter groups have been studied and exploited in algebra, algebraic combinatorics, probability theory, topology, to name a few. K. Erdmann and K. J. Lim classify the representation type of the descent algebras of type \(\mathbb{A}\) in the positive characteristic case. The algebras have finite representation type only for a few small degrees; otherwise, they are wild. Their main reduction method relies on a surjective algebra homomorphism from a descent algebra of type \(\mathbb{A}\) to another of lower degree. For small degree cases, the authors employ techniques from the representation theory of finite-dimensional algebras.

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