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Accumulation points of real Schur roots

Representation Theory 2015-03-09 v1

Abstract

Let kk be an algebraically closed field and QQ be an acyclic quiver with nn vertices. Consider the category rep(Q){\rm rep}(Q) of finite dimensional representations of QQ over kk. The exceptional representations of QQ, that is, the indecomposable objects of rep(Q){\rm rep}(Q) without self-extensions, correspond to the so-called real Schur roots of the usual root system attached to QQ. These roots are special elements of the Grothendieck group Zn\mathbb{Z}^n of rep(Q){\rm rep}(Q). When we identify the dimension vectors of the representations (that is, the non-negative vectors of Zn\mathbb{Z}^n) up to positive multiple, we see that the real Schur roots can accumulate in some directions of RnZn\mathbb{R}^n \supset \mathbb{Z}^n. This paper is devoted to the study of these accumulation points. After giving new properties of the canonical decomposition of dimension vectors, we show how to use this decomposition to describe the rational accumulation points. Finally, we study the irrational accumulation points and we give a complete description of them in case QQ is of weakly hyperbolic type.

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@article{arxiv.1503.02054,
  title  = {Accumulation points of real Schur roots},
  author = {Charles Paquette},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.02054},
  year   = {2015}
}

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27 pages