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For an Artin Algebra Λ of finite representation type, the category Λ-mod, considered as a ring with several objects, has Krull dimension zero. Contrary, for a wild hereditary Artin Algebra this dimension does not exist. In this paper we show that the Krull dimension of Λ-mod for an Artin Algebra Λ of tame representation type is two. The corresponding Krull-Gabriel filtration by Serre subcategories of the category F of finitely presented contravariant functors on Λ-mod leads to a hierarchy of exact sequences in Λ-mod. Influenced by the functorial approach to almost split sequences by M. Auslander and I. Reiten, we investigate the exact sequences whose corresponding functors become simple in one of the successive quotient categories of the Krull-Gabriel filtration of F.
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Geigle, W. The Krull-Gabriel dimension of the representation theory of a tame hereditary Artin algebra and applications to the structure of exact sequences. Manuscripta Math 54, 83–106 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01171701
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