Krull-Schmidt decompositions for thick subcategories

Following Krause \cite{Kr}, we prove Krull-Schmidt type decomposition theorems for thick subcategories of various triangulated categories including the derived categories of rings, Noetherian stable homotopy categories, stable module categories over Hopf algebras, and the stable homotopy category of spectra. In all these categories, it is shown that the thick ideals of small objects decompose uniquely into indecomposable thick ideals. We also discuss some consequences of these decomposition results. In particular, it is shown that all these decompositions respect K-theory.Comment: Added more references, fixed some typos, to appear in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, 22 pages, 1 figur

Tree modules

After stating several tools which can be used to construct indecomposable tree modules for quivers without oriented cycles, we use these methods to construct indecomposable tree modules for every imaginary Schur root. These methods also give a recipe for the construction of tree modules for every root. Moreover, we give several examples illustrating the results.Comment: Typos corrected; references added; deleted former Lemma 3.13 which is not neede

Cluster Complexes via Semi-Invariants

We define and study virtual representation spaces having both positive and negative dimensions at the vertices of a quiver without oriented cycles. We consider the natural semi-invariants on these spaces which we call virtual semi-invariants and prove that they satisfy the three basic theorems: the First Fundamental Theorem, the Saturation Theorem and the Canonical Decomposition Theorem. In the special case of Dynkin quivers with n vertices this gives the fundamental interrelationship between supports of the semi-invariants and the Tilting Triangulation of the (n-1)-sphere.Comment: 34 page

Generic cluster characters

Let \CC be a Hom-finite triangulated 2-Calabi-Yau category with a cluster-tilting object $T$. Under a constructibility condition we prove the existence of a set \mathcal G^T(\CC) of generic values of the cluster character associated to $T$. If \CC has a cluster structure in the sense of Buan-Iyama-Reiten-Scott, \mathcal G^T(\CC) contains the set of cluster monomials of the corresponding cluster algebra. Moreover, these sets coincide if $\mathcal C$ has finitely many indecomposable objects. When \CC is the cluster category of an acyclic quiver and $T$ is the canonical cluster-tilting object, this set coincides with the set of generic variables previously introduced by the author in the context of acyclic cluster algebras. In particular, it allows to construct $\Z$-linear bases in acyclic cluster algebras.Comment: 24 pages. Final Version. In particular, a new section studying an explicit example was adde

Mixed Tensors of the General Linear Supergroup

We describe the image of the canonical tensor functor from Deligne's interpolating category $Rep(GL_{m-n})$ to $Rep(GL(m|n))$ attached to the standard representation. This implies explicit tensor product decompositions between any two projective modules and any two Kostant modules of $GL(m|n)$, covering the decomposition between any two irreducible $GL(m|1)$-representations. We also obtain character and dimension formulas. For $m>n$ we classify the mixed tensors with non-vanishing superdimension. For $m=n$ we characterize the maximally atypical mixed tensors and show some applications regarding tensor products.Comment: v3: Improved exposition, corrected minor mistakes v2: shortened and revised version. Comments welcom

Duality of compact groups and Hilbert C*-systems for C*-algebras with a nontrivial center

In the present paper we prove a duality theory for compact groups in the case when the C*-algebra A, the fixed point algebra of the corresponding Hilbert C*-system (F,G), has a nontrivial center Z and the relative commutant satisfies the minimality condition A.'\cap F = Z as well as a technical condition called regularity. The abstract characterization of the mentioned Hilbert C*-system is expressed by means of an inclusion of C*-categories T_\c < T, where T_\c{i}s a suitable DR-category and T a full subcategory of the category of endomorphisms of A. Both categories have the same objects and the arrows of T can be generated from the arrows of T_\c{a}nd the center Z. A crucial new element that appears in the present analysis is an abelian group C(G), which we call the chain group of G, and that can be constructed from certain equivalence relation defined on G^, the dual object of G. The chain group, which is isomorphic to the character group of the center of G, determines the action of irreducible endomorphisms of A when restricted to Z. Moreover, C(G) encodes the possibility of defining a symmetry $\epsilon$ also for the larger category T of the previous inclusion.Comment: Final version appeared in Int. J. Math. 15 (2004) 759-812. Minor changes w.r.t. to the previous versio