Self-injective right artinian rings and Igusa Todorov functions

We show that a right artinian ring $R$ is right self-injective if and only if $\psi(M)=0$ (or equivalently $\phi(M)=0$) for all finitely generated right $R$-modules $M$, where $\psi, \phi : \mod R \to \mathbb N$ are functions defined by Igusa and Todorov. In particular, an artin algebra $\Lambda$ is self-injective if and only if $\phi(M)=0$ for all finitely generated right $\Lambda$-modules $M$.Comment: 5 page

Igusa-Todorov functions for Artin algebras

In this paper we study the behaviour of the Igusa-Todorov functions for Artin algebras A with finite injective dimension, and Gorenstein algebras as a particular case. We show that the $\phi$-dimension and $\psi$-dimension are finite in both cases. Also we prove that monomial, gentle and cluster tilted algebras have finite $\phi$-dimension and finite $\psi$-dimension

The Igusa-Todorov function for comodules

We define the Igusa-Todorov function in the context of finite dimensional comodules and prove that a coalgebra is left qcF if and only if it is left semiperfect and its Igusa-Todorov function on each right finite dimensional comodule is zero

Finitistic dimension through infinite projective dimension

We show that an artin algebra having at most three radical layers of infinite projective dimension has finite finitistic dimension, generalizing the known result for algebras with vanishing radical cube.Comment: 10 page

An approach to the finitistic dimension conjecture

Let $R$ be a finite dimensional $k$-algebra over an algebraically closed field $k$ and $\mathrm{mod} R$ be the category of all finitely generated left $R$-modules. For a given full subcategory $\mathcal{X}$ of $\mathrm{mod} R,$ we denote by \pfd \mathcal{X} the projective finitistic dimension of $\mathcal{X}.$ That is, \pfd \mathcal{X}:=\mathrm{sup} \{\pd X : X\in\mathcal{X} \text{and} \pd X<\infty\}. \ It was conjectured by H. Bass in the 60's that the projective finitistic dimension \pfd (R):=\pfd (\mathrm{mod} R) has to be finite. Since then, much work has been done toward the proof of this conjecture. Recently, K. Igusa and J. Todorov defined a function $\Psi:\mathrm{mod} R\to \Bbb{N},$ which turned out to be useful to prove that \pfd (R) is finite for some classes of algebras. In order to have a different approach to the finitistic dimension conjecture, we propose to consider a class of full subcategories of $\mathrm{mod} R$ instead of a class of algebras, namely to take the class of categories \F(\theta) of $\theta$-filtered $R$-modules for all stratifying systems $(\theta,\leq)$ in $\mathrm{mod} R.

Split-by-nilpotent extensions algebras and stratifying systems

Let $\Gamma$ and $\Lambda$ be artin algebras such that $\Gamma$ is a split-by-nilpotent extension of $\Lambda$ by a two sided ideal $I$ of $\Gamma.$ Consider the so-called change of rings functors $G:={}_\Gamma\Gamma_\Lambda\otimes_\Lambda -$ and $F:={}_\Lambda \Lambda_\Gamma\otimes_\Gamma -.$ In this paper, we find the necessary and sufficient conditions under which a stratifying system $(\Theta,\leq)$ in \modu\Lambda can be lifted to a stratifying system $(G\Theta,\leq)$ in \modu\,(\Gamma). Furthermore, by using the functors $F$ and $G,$ we study the relationship between their filtered categories of modules and some connections with their corresponding standardly stratified algebras are stated. Finally, a sufficient condition is given for stratifying systems in \modu\,(\Gamma) in such a way that they can be restricted, through the functor $F,$ to stratifying systems in $\modu\,(\Lambda).

Filtering subcategories of modules of an artinian algebra

Let $A$ be an artinian algebra, and let $\mathcal{C}$ be a subcategory of mod$A$ that is closed under extensions. When $\mathcal{C}$ is closed under kernels of epimorphisms (or closed under cokernels of monomorphisms), we describe the smallest class of modules that filters $\mathcal{C}$. As a consequence, we obtain sufficient conditions for the finitistic dimension of an algebra over a field to be finite. We also apply our results to the torsion pairs. In particular, when a torsion pair is induced by a tilting module, we show that the smallest classes of modules that filter the torsion and torsion-free classes are completely compatible with the quasi-equivalences of Brenner and Butler.Comment: 22 page

Pullback diagrams, syzygy finite classes and Igusa-Todorov algebras

For an abelian category $\mathcal{A}$, we define the category PEx($\mathcal{A}$) of pullback diagrams of short exact sequences in $\mathcal{A}$, as a subcategory of the functor category Fun($\Delta, \mathcal{A}$) for a fixed diagram category $\Delta$. For any object $M$ in ${\rm PEx}(\mathcal{A}),$ we prove the existence of a short exact sequence $0 {\to} K {\to} P {\to} M {\to} 0$ of functors, where the objects are in PEx($\mathcal{A}$) and $P(i) \in {\rm Proj(\mathcal{A})}$ for any $i \in \Delta$. As an application, we prove that if $(\mathcal{C}, \mathcal{D}, \mathcal{E})$ is a triple of syzygy finite classes of objects in $\mathrm{mod}\,\Lambda$ satisfying some special conditions, then $\Lambda$ is an Igusa-Todorov algebra. Finally, we study lower triangular matrix Artin algebras and determine in terms of their components, under reasonable hypothesis, when these algebras are syzygy finite or Igusa-Todorov

Igusa-Todorov functions for radical square zero algebras

We study the behaviour of the Igusa-Todorov functions for radical square zero algebras. We show that the left and the right $\phi$-dimensions coincide, in this case. Some general results are given, but we concentrate more in the radical square zero algebras. Our study is based on two notions of hearth and member of a quiver $Q$. We give some bounds for the $\phi$ and the $\psi$-dimensions and we describe the algebras for which the bound of $\psi$ is obtained. We also exhibit modules for which the $\phi$-dimension is realised

The Phi-dimension: A new homological measure

K. Igusa and G. Todorov introduced two functions $\phi$ and $\psi,$ which are natural and important homological measures generalising the notion of the projective dimension. These Igusa-Todorov functions have become into a powerful tool to understand better the finitistic dimension conjecture. In this paper, for an artin $R$-algebra $A$ and the Igusa-Todorov function $\phi,$ we characterise the $\phi$-dimension of $A$ in terms either of the bi-functors $\mathrm{Ext}^{i}_{A}(-, -)$ or Tor's bi-functors $\mathrm{Tor}^{A}_{i}(-,-).$ Furthermore, by using the first characterisation of the $\phi$-dimension, we show that the finiteness of the $\phi$-dimension of an artin algebra is invariant under derived equivalences. As an application of this result, we generalise the classical Bongartz's result as follows: For an artin algebra $A,$ a tilting $A$-module $T$ and the endomorphism algebra $B=\mathrm{End}_A(T)^{op},$ we have that $\mathrm{Fidim}\,(A)-\mathrm{pd}\,T\leq \mathrm{Fidim}\,(B)\leq \mathrm{Fidim}\,(A)+\mathrm{pd}\,T.