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A new dimension for Grothendieck categories via the atom spectrum

Category Theory 2026-01-26 v9

Abstract

In this paper, we define a new dimension for objects in a Grothendieck category A\mathcal{A}. We show that it serves as a lower bound for Gabriel-Krull dimension and under certain conditions, the two dimensions coincide. We carry out our investigation for a fully right bounded ring AA. We introduce a new spectrum CompA\,A via compressible right AA-modules. In analogy with dimension theory for commutative rings, we show that the Krull dimension of right AA-modules can be computed via the length of chain of prime ideals of AA and also the length of chain of elements of CompA\,A.

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@article{arxiv.2003.03688,
  title  = {A new dimension for Grothendieck categories via the atom spectrum},
  author = {Negar Alipour and Reza Sazeedeh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.03688},
  year   = {2026}
}