In this paper, we investigate locally finitely presented pure semisimple (hereditary) Grothendieck categories. We show that every locally finitely presented pure semisimple (resp., hereditary) Grothendieck category $\mathscr {A}$ is equivalent to the category of left modules over a left pure semisimple (resp., left hereditary) ring when $\mathrm {Mod}(\mathrm {fp}(\mathscr {A}))$ is a QF-3 category, and every representable functor in $\mathrm {Mod}(\mathrm {fp}(\mathscr {A}))$ has finitely generated essential socle. In fact, we show that there exists a bijection between Morita equivalence classes of left pure semisimple (resp., left hereditary) rings $\Lambda $ and equivalence classes of locally finitely presented pure semisimple (resp., hereditary) Grothendieck categories $\mathscr {A}$ that $\mathrm {Mod}(\mathrm {fp}(\mathscr {A}))$ is a QF-3 category, and every representable functor in $\mathrm {Mod}(\mathrm {fp}(\mathscr {A}))$ has finitely generated essential socle. To prove this result, we study left pure semisimple rings by using Auslander’s ideas. We show that there exists, up to equivalence, a bijection between the class of left pure semisimple rings and the class of rings with nice homological properties. These results extend the Auslander and Ringel–Tachikawa correspondence to the class of left pure semisimple rings. As a consequence, we give several equivalent statements to the pure semisimplicity conjecture.

We investigate symmetry of the silting quiver of a given algebra which is induced by an anti-automorphism of the algebra. In particular, one shows that if there is a primitive idempotent fixed by the anti-automorphism, then the 2-silting quiver ($=$ the support $\tau$-tilting quiver) has a bisection. Consequently, in that case, we obtain that the cardinality of the 2-silting quiver is an even number (if it is finite).

Motivated by a new conjecture on the behavior of bricks, we start a systematic study of minimal $\tau $ -tilting infinite (min- $\tau $ -infinite, for short) algebras. In particular, we treat min- $\tau $ -infinite algebras as a modern counterpart of minimal representation-infinite algebras and show some of the fundamental similarities and differences between these families. We then relate our studies to the classical tilting theory and observe that this modern approach can provide fresh impetus to the study of some old problems. We further show that in order to verify the conjecture, it is sufficient to treat those min- $\tau $ -infinite algebras where almost all bricks are faithful. Finally, we also prove that minimal extending bricks have open orbits, and consequently obtain a simple proof of the brick analogue of the first Brauer–Thrall conjecture, recently shown by Schroll and Treffinger using some different techniques.

We discuss the finiteness of (two-term) silting objects. First, we investigate new triangulated categories without silting object. Second, we study two classes of $\tau$-tilting-finite algebras and give the numbers of their two-term silting objects. Finally, we explore when $\tau$-tilting-finiteness implies representation-finiteness and obtain several classes of algebras in which a $\tau$-tilting-finite algebra is representation-finite.

We prove if B is a cluster-tilted algebra, then B is τB-tilting finite if and only if B is representation-finite.

A ring $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6EC}$ is called right Köthe if every right $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6EC}$-module is a direct sum of cyclic modules. In this paper, we give a characterization of basic hereditary right Köthe rings in terms of their Coxeter valued quivers. We also give a characterization of basic right Köthe rings with radical square zero. Therefore, we give a solution to Köthe’s problem in these two cases.

We classify tame block algebras of Hecke algebras of classical type over an algebraically closed field of characteristic not equal to two.

We provide a complete classification of all algebras of generalized dihedral type, which are natural generalizations of algebras which occurred in the study of blocks of group algebras with dihedral defect groups. This gives a description by quivers and relations coming from surface triangulations.

We examine situations, where representations of a finite-dimensional F-algebra A defined over a separable extension field K/F, have a unique minimal field of definition. Here the base field F is assumed to be a field of dimension ≼1. In particular, F could be a finite field or k(t) or k((t)), where k is algebraically closed. We show that a unique minimal field of definition exists if (a) K/F is an algebraic extension or (b) A is of finite representation type. Moreover, in these situations the minimal field of definition is a finite extension of F. This is not the case if A is of infinite representation type or F fails to be of dimension ≼1. As a consequence, we compute the essential dimension of the functor of representations of a finite group, generalizing a theorem of Karpenko, Pevtsova and the second author.

We study certain integer valued length functions on triangulated categories, and establish a correspondence between such functions and cohomological functors taking values in the category of finite length modules over some ring. The irreducible cohomological functions form a topological space. We discuss its basic properties, and include explicit calculations for the category of perfect complexes over some specific rings.

Let $R$ be a commutative noetherian local ring. As an analog of the notion of the dimension of a triangulated category defined by Rouquier, the notion of the dimension of a subcategory of finitely generated $R$-modules is introduced in this paper. We found evidence that certain categories over nice singularities have small dimensions. When $R$ is Cohen–Macaulay, under a mild assumption it is proved that finiteness of the dimension of the full subcategory consisting of maximal Cohen–Macaulay modules which are locally free on the punctured spectrum is equivalent to saying that $R$ is an isolated singularity. As an application, the celebrated theorem of Auslander, Huneke, Leuschke, and Wiegand is not only recovered but also improved. The dimensions of stable categories of maximal Cohen–Macaulay modules as triangulated categories are also investigated in the case where $R$ is Gorenstein, and special cases of the recent results of Aihara and Takahashi, and Oppermann and Št́ovíček are recovered and improved. Our key technique involves a careful study of annihilators and supports of $\mathsf{Tor}$, $\mathsf{Ext}$, and $\underline{\mathsf{Hom}}$ between two subcategories.

The notions of central endolength and semigeneric tameness are introduced, and their behaviour under base field extension for finite-dimensional algebras over perfect fields are analysed. For k a perfect field, K an algebraic closure and Λ a finite-dimensional k-algebra, here there is a proof that Λ is semigenerically tame if and only if Λ ⊗kK is tame.

The class of almost completely decomposable groups with a critical typeset of type $(2,2)$ and a homocyclic regulator quotient of exponent $p^{3}$ is shown to be of bounded representation type. There are only $16$ isomorphism at $p$ types of indecomposables, all of rank $8$ or lower.

Let A be a self-injective algebra over an algebraically closed field. We study the stable dimension of A, which is the dimension of the stable module category of A in the sense of Rouquier. Then we prove that A is representation-finite if the stable dimension of A is zero.

We complete the derived equivalence classification of all symmetric algebras of polynomial growth, by solving the subtle problem of distinguishing the standard and nonstandard nondomestic symmetric algebras of polynomial growth up to derived equivalence.

Several years ago, Huneke and Leuschke proved a theorem solving a conjecture of Schreyer. It asserts that an excellent Cohen-Macaulay local ring of countable Cohen-Macaulay type which is complete or has uncountable residue field has at most a one-dimensional singular locus. In this paper, it is verified that the assumption of the excellent property can be removed, and the theorem is considered over an arbitrary local ring. The main purpose of this paper is to prove that the existence of a certain prime ideal and a certain totally reflexive module implies the existence of an uncountably infinite number of isomorphism classes of indecomposable totally reflexive modules.

For a commutative local ring $R$, consider (noncommutative) $R$-algebras $\Lambda$ of the form $\Lambda \,=\,\text{En}{{\text{d}}_{R}}\left( M \right)$ where $M$ is a reflexive $R$-module with nonzero free direct summand. Such algebras $\Lambda$ of finite global dimension can be viewed as potential substitutes for, or analogues of, a resolution of singularities of Spec $R$. For example, Van den Bergh has shown that a three-dimensional Gorenstein normal $\mathbb{C}$-algebra with isolated terminal singularities has a crepant resolution of singularities if and only if it has such an algebra $\Lambda$ with finite global dimension and which is maximal Cohen-Macaulay over $R$ (a “noncommutative crepant resolution of singularities”). We produce algebras $\Lambda \,=\,\text{En}{{\text{d}}_{R}}\left( M \right) $ having finite global dimension in two contexts: when $R$ is a reduced one-dimensional complete local ring, or when $R$ is a Cohen-Macaulay local ring of finite Cohen–Macaulay type. If in the latter case $R$ is Gorenstein, then the construction gives a noncommutative crepant resolution of singularities in the sense of Van den Bergh.

The aim of this paper is to extend the structure theory for infinitely generated modules over tame hereditary algebras to the more general case of modules over concealed canonical algebras. Using tilting, we may assume that we deal with canonical algebras. The investigation is centered around the generic and the Prüfer modules, and how other modules are determined by these modules.

Let Λ be the path algebra of a Dynkin quiver. A recent result of Bo Chen asserts that Hom(X; Y/X) = 0 for any Gabriel-Roiter inclusion X ⊆ Y. The aim of the present note is to give an interpretation of this result in terms of Hall polynomials, and to extend it in this way to representation-directed split algebras. We further show its relevance when dealing with arbitrary representation-finite split algebras.

Let k be an algebraically closed field and A = kQ/I be a basic finite dimensional k-algebra such that Q is a connected quiver without oriented cycles. Assume that A is strongly simply connected, that is, for every convex subcategory B of A the first Hochschild cohomology H1(B, B) vanishes. The algebra A is sincere if it admits an indecomposable module having all simples as composition factors. We study the structure of strongly simply connected sincere algebras of tame representation type. We show that a sincere, tame, strongly connected algebra A which contains a convex subcategory which is either representation-infinite tilted of type Ẽp, p = 6,7,8, or a tubular algebra, is of polynomial growth.