The Auslander–Reiten translate of a module #
For a finitely generated module M over a finite-dimensional algebra A over a field k,
ModuleCat.arTranslate k M is D Tr of a chosen finite minimal projective presentation of M,
as an object of ModuleCat A. It is finitely generated, independent of the minimal presentation
up to isomorphism (ModuleCat.nonempty_iso_arTranslate), and zero exactly when M is
projective. For indecomposable M, it is indecomposable exactly when M is non-projective, and
it is injective exactly when M is projective. On non-projective indecomposables it detects
isomorphism classes (ModuleCat.nonempty_iso_arTranslate_iff), and every non-injective
indecomposable is a translate (ModuleCat.exists_nonempty_iso_arTranslate).
The presentation-level construction TauCeti.AuslanderReitenTranslate and its properties are in
TauCeti/Algebra/Module/AuslanderReiten/; this file chooses the presentation, so that the
translate becomes a function of the module.
The field is arbitrary and the algebra may be noncommutative. The module lives in a universe containing those of the field and the algebra, as do its transpose and their linear duals.
References #
- M. Auslander, I. Reiten, S. O. Smalø, Representation Theory of Artin Algebras, Cambridge University Press (1995), Section IV.1.
The Auslander–Reiten translate τ M = D Tr M of a finitely generated module, formed from a
chosen finite minimal projective presentation.
Instances For
Any finite minimal projective presentation computes the same translate up to isomorphism.
This characterizes ModuleCat.arTranslate without referring to its chosen presentation.
Isomorphic modules have isomorphic Auslander–Reiten translates.
The translate vanishes precisely on the projective modules.
The translate of a finitely generated indecomposable module is indecomposable exactly when the module is not projective.
The translate is injective exactly when the original module is projective. Consequently every nonzero translate is non-injective.
On finitely generated indecomposables, with a non-projective source, isomorphism of Auslander–Reiten translates is equivalent to isomorphism of the modules.
Every finitely generated non-injective indecomposable module is, up to isomorphism, the translate of a finitely generated non-projective indecomposable module.