The Ext-Euler characteristic of a vertex simple #
The first-arrow exact sequence 0 ⟶ ⨁_{i ⟶ j} Pⱼ ⟶ Pᵢ ⟶ Sᵢ ⟶ 0 computes the
Ext-Euler characteristic of a vertex simple against a module with finite-dimensional
spaces at that vertex and the heads of its outgoing arrows. The result is the
combinatorial Euler form with the simple's dimension vector on the left. Cycles are
allowed: the finite-arrow condition gives the short resolution, while only
finite-dimensionality at these target vertex spaces is needed for the Hom dimensions.
See Assem--Simson--Skowroński, Elements of the Representation Theory of Associative Algebras I, Chapter III, Section 3, and Derksen--Weyman, An Introduction to Quiver Representations, Chapter 1.
A vertex simple is Euler-admissible when the target has finite-dimensional spaces at the chosen vertex and at the heads of its outgoing arrows. The first-arrow resolution bounds Ext above degree one.
The Ext-Euler value of a vertex simple is its vertex coordinate minus the dimensions at the heads of all arrows leaving that vertex.
The Ext-Euler value between vertex simples is the Kronecker delta minus the number of arrows from the first vertex to the second.
The Ext-Euler characteristic of a vertex simple is the quiver Euler form of its dimension vector against that of the target module.