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$n$-Exact categories arising from $(n+2)$-angulated categories

Representation Theory 2021-08-23 v2 Category Theory

Abstract

Let F\mathscr{F} be an (n+2)(n+2)-angulated Krull-Schmidt category and AF\mathscr{A} \subset \mathscr{F} an nn-extension closed, additive and full subcategory with HomF(ΣnA,A)=0\operatorname{Hom}_{\mathscr{F}}(\Sigma_n \mathscr{A}, \mathscr{A}) = 0. Then A\mathscr{A} naturally carries the structure of an nn-exact category in the sense of Jasso, arising from short (n+2)(n+2)-angles in F\mathscr{F} with objects in A\mathscr{A} and there is a binatural and bilinear isomorphism YExt(A,EA)n(An+1,A0)HomF(An+1,ΣnA0)\operatorname{YExt}^{n}_{(\mathscr{A},\mathscr{E}_{\mathscr{A}})}(A_{n+1},A_0) \cong \operatorname{Hom}_{\mathscr{F}}(A_{n+1}, \Sigma_n A_{0}) for A0,An+1AA_0, A_{n+1} \in \mathscr{A}. For n=1n = 1 this has been shown by Dyer and we generalize this result to the case n>1n > 1. On the journey to this result, we also develop a technique for harvesting information from the higher octahedral axiom (N4*) as defined by Bergh and Thaule. Additionally, we show that the axiom (F3) for pre-(n+2)(n+2)-angulated categories, introduced by Geiss, Keller and Oppermann and stating that a commutative square can be extended to a morphism of (n+2)(n+2)-angles, implies a stronger version of itself.

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@article{arxiv.2108.04596,
  title  = {$n$-Exact categories arising from $(n+2)$-angulated categories},
  author = {Carlo Klapproth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.04596},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

Added reference to Oppermann-Thomas-2012 and Fedele-2019 to minimal (n+2)-angles

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