Pathological abelian groups: a friendly example

We show that the group of bounded sequences of elements of $\mathbb{Z}[\sqrt 2]$ is an example of an abelian group with several well known, and not so well known, pathological properties. It appears to be simpler than all previously known examples for some of these properties, and at least simpler to describe for others.Comment: 6 page

Infinitely many algebras derived equivalent to a block

We give a construction that in many cases gives a simple way to construct infinite families of algebras that are not Morita equivalent, but are all derived equivalent to the same block algebra of a finite group, and apply it to some small blocks. We make some remarks relating this construction to Donovan's Conjecture and Broue's Abelian Defect Group Conjecture

Equivalences of derived categories for symmetric algebras

We give a characterization of the sets of objects of the derived category of a block of a finite group algebra (or other symmetric algebra) that occur as the set of images of simple modules under an equivalence of derived categories. We give some applications to proving that certain blocks have equivalent derived categories

Stable categories and reconstruction

This work is an attempt towards a Morita theory for stable equivalences between self-injective algebras. More precisely, given two self-injective algebras A and B and an equivalence between their stable categories, consider the set S of images of simple B-modules inside the stable category of A. That set satisfies some obvious properties of Hom-spaces and it generates the stable category of A. Keep now only S and A. Can B be reconstructed ? We show how to reconstruct the graded algebra associated to the radical filtration of (an algebra Morita equivalent to) B. We also study a similar problem in the more general setting of a triangulated category T. Given a finite set S of objects satisfying Hom-properties analogous to those satisfied by the set of simple modules in the derived category of a ring and assuming that the set generates T, we construct a t-structure on T. In the case T=D^b(A) and A is a symmetric algebra, the first author has shown that there is a symmetric algebra B with an equivalence from D^b(B) to D^b(A) sending the set of simple B-modules to S. The case of a self-injective algebra leads to a slightly more general situation: there is a finite dimensional differential graded algebra B with H^i(B)=0 for i>0 and for i<<0 with the same property as above

Blocks and support varieties

The theory of support varieties gives a rich supply of examples of thick subcategories of the stable module category of a finite group algebra. We study direct sum decompositions of such categories. We give examples where there are finer decompositions than one might originally expect, and relate this to Linckelmann's theory of block varieties