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Classification of two-term tilting complexes over Brauer graph algebras

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Using only the combinatorics of its defining ribbon graph, we classify the two-term tilting complexes, as well as their indecomposable summands, of a Brauer graph algebra. As an application, we determine precisely the class of Brauer graph algebras which are tilting-discrete.

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Abbreviations

\(z\subset w\) :

Non-empty continuous subsequence

\(S_i\) :

Simple module corresponding to i

\(P_i\) :

Indecomposable projective module corresponding to i

|X|:

Number of isoclasses of the indecomposable summands of X

\({\mathbb {G}}\) :

Ribbon graph or Brauer graph

V :

Set of vertices

H :

Set of half-edges

s :

Emanating vertex specifier

\(\overline{e}\) :

Involution acting on e

\(\sigma \) :

Cyclic ordering

\((e,\sigma (e),\ldots )_v\) :

Cyclic ordering around v

\(\mathrm {val}\) :

Valency

\({{\mathfrak {m}}}\) :

Multiplicity function

\(w=(e_1,\ldots ,e_l)\) :

Half-walk

W :

Walk

\(\epsilon _W\) :

Signature

\((w;\epsilon )\) or \((e_1^+,e_2^-,\ldots )\) :

Signed half-walk

\({\mathsf {SW}}({\mathbb {G}})\) :

Set of signed walks

\(w\cap w'\) :

Set of maximal continuous subsequences common in w and \(w'\)

\(W\cap W'\) :

Set of maximal common subwalks of W and \(W'\)

\(\mathrm {vr}_\pm (e)\) :

Virtual edges associated to e

\({\mathsf {AW}}({\mathbb {G}})\) :

Set of admissible walks

\({\mathsf {tilt}\,}\Lambda \) :

Set of tilting complexes

\(T\ge U\) :

A partial order on tilting complexes

\({\mathsf {n-tilt}}\Lambda \) :

Set of n-term tilting complexes

\({\mathsf {2ipt}\,}\Lambda \) :

Set of indecomposable two-term pretilting complexes

\(\Lambda _{\mathbb {G}}\) :

Brauer graph algebra associated to a Bruaer graph \({\mathbb {G}}\)

\(Q_{\mathbb {G}}\) :

Quiver associated to a Brauer graph \({\mathbb {G}}\)

\(1_E, {[e]}^{0}\) :

Idempotent at \(E=\{e,\overline{e}\}\)

\((e|\sigma (e))\) :

An arrow in \(Q_{\mathbb {G}}\), or irreducible map between projectives

(e|f):

A short path in \(Q_{\mathbb {G}}\), or a short map

[e]:

A Brauer cycle, i.e. shorthand for (e|e)

\(P_M\) :

Minimal projective presentation of M

\(d_M\) :

Differential map in \(P_M\)

\({\mathsf {2scx}}\,\Lambda \) :

Set of certain type of short string complexes and stalk projectives

\(T_w, T_W\) :

Two-term complex associated to a (half-)walk (w or) W

\({\mathsf {CW}}({\mathbb {G}})\) :

Set of complete admissible sets of signed walks on \({\mathbb {G}}\)

\(M_T\) :

Zeroth cohomology of the complex T

\(N_T\) :

\((-1)\)-st cohomology of the complex T

A :

\(\Lambda _{\mathbb {G}}/{\mathsf {soc}\,}\Lambda _{\mathbb {G}}\)

\({\mathfrak {h}}(\alpha )\) :

Head of an arrow or a word

\({\mathfrak {t}}(\alpha )\) :

Tail of an arrow or a word

\({\mathcal {A}}\) :

Set of alphabets associated to A

\(\alpha ^{-1}\) :

Formal inverse of an arrow or a word

\({\mathsf {w}}, {\mathsf {u}}\) :

Word or string of A

\(Q_{\mathsf {w}}\) :

Quiver associated to a string \({\mathsf {w}}\) of A

\(\eta _e\) :

Longest path in the hook module

\(\mu _X^-(T),\mu _X^+(T)\) :

Mutation of the tilting complex T at direct summand X

\({\mathcal {T}}_\Lambda \) :

Hasse quiver of \(({\mathsf {tilt}\,}\Lambda , \le )\), aka tilting quiver of \(\Lambda \)

\(\mu _E^-({\mathbb {G}}),\mu _E^+({\mathbb {G}})\) :

Mutation of Brauer tree

\({\mathbb {G}}^\mathsf {op}\) :

The opposite of \({\mathbb {G}}\)

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Acknowledgements

We owe our deepest gratitude to Osamu Iyama for many fruitful discussions, as well as the financial support for the third author’s visit to Nagoya University, which nurtured this research. This article is typed up during AC’s subsequent visits at Nagoya University, and finished during the first author’s visit at Uppsala University. We are thankful for the hospitality of these institutions. We thank the referee for pointing out missing references and known results in the literature. We thank also Ryoichi Kase and Alexandra Zvonareva for various discussions.

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  1. Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Nakaku, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan

    Takahide Adachi

  2. Department of Mathematics, Tokyo Gakugei University, 4-1-1 Nukuikita-machi, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8501, Japan

    Takuma Aihara

  3. Graduate School of Mathematics, Nagoya University, Furocho, Chikusaku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan

    Aaron Chan

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T. Aihara and A. Chan was partly supported by IAR Research Project, Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University. T. Aihara was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists 15K17516. T. Adachi is supported by Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow 17J05537. A. Chan is supported by JSPS International Research Fellowship.

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Adachi, T., Aihara, T. & Chan, A. Classification of two-term tilting complexes over Brauer graph algebras. Math. Z. 290, 1–36 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-017-2006-9

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