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Generalized periodicity theorems

Rings and Algebras 2025-05-08 v7 Category Theory

Abstract

Let RR be a ring and S\mathsf S be a class of strongly finitely presented (FP{}_\infty) RR-modules closed under extensions, direct summands, and syzygies. Let (A,B)(\mathsf A,\mathsf B) be the (hereditary complete) cotorsion pair generated by S\mathsf S in Mod-R\textsf{Mod-}R, and let (C,D)(\mathsf C,\mathsf D) be the (also hereditary complete) cotorsion pair in which C=limA=limS\mathsf C=\varinjlim\mathsf A=\varinjlim\mathsf S. We show that any A\mathsf A-periodic module in C\mathsf C belongs to A\mathsf A, and any D\mathsf D-periodic module in B\mathsf B belongs to D\mathsf D. Further generalizations of both results are obtained, so that we get a common generalization of the flat/projective and fp-projective periodicity theorems, as well as a common generalization of the fp-injective/injective and cotorsion periodicity theorems. Both are applicable to modules over an arbitrary ring, and in fact, to Grothendieck categories.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2301.00708,
  title  = {Generalized periodicity theorems},
  author = {Leonid Positselski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.00708},
  year   = {2025}
}

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