English

Contraderived categories of CDG-modules

Rings and Algebras 2025-10-03 v4 Algebraic Topology Category Theory

Abstract

For any CDG-ring B=(B,d,h)B^\bullet=(B^*,d,h), we show that the homotopy category of graded-projective (left) CDG-modules over BB^\bullet is equivalent to the quotient category of the homotopy category of graded-flat CDG-modules by its full triangulated subcategory of flat CDG-modules. The contraderived category (in the sense of Becker) Dbctr(BMod)\mathsf D^{\mathsf{bctr}}(B^\bullet{-}\mathbf{Mod}) is the common name for these two triangulated categories. We also prove that the classes of cotorsion and graded-cotorsion CDG-modules coincide, and the contraderived category of CDG-modules is equivalent to the homotopy category of graded-flat graded-cotorsion CDG-modules. Assuming the graded ring BB^* to be graded right coherent, we show that the contraderived category Dbctr(BMod)\mathsf D^{\mathsf{bctr}}(B^\bullet{-}\mathbf{Mod}) is compactly generated and its full subcategory of compact objects is anti-equivalent to the full subcategory of compact objects in the coderived category of right CDG-modules Dbco(ModB)\mathsf D^{\mathsf{bco}}(\mathbf{Mod}{-}B^\bullet). Specifically, the latter triangulated category is the idempotent completion of the absolute derived category of finitely presented right CDG-modules Dabs(modB)\mathsf D^{\mathsf{abs}}(\mathbf{mod}{-}B^\bullet).

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@article{arxiv.2401.07021,
  title  = {Contraderived categories of CDG-modules},
  author = {Leonid Positselski and Jan Stovicek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.07021},
  year   = {2025}
}

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LaTeX 2e with xy-pic and one mathb symbol; 81 pages, 8 commutative diagrams; v.2: former Section 5.4 replaced by Remark 5.6, new Remarks 4.8 and 6.11 inserted, the final Section 6.9 expanded; v.3: Introduction rearranged and polished; former Section 5.1 is now Section 4.12; new Sections 4.14 and 6.10, with examples, added; motivating explanations added in Section 5; v.4: small things corrected

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