English

Rank functions on $(d+2)$-angulated categories -- a functorial approach

Representation Theory 2025-08-07 v2 Category Theory Rings and Algebras

Abstract

We introduce the notion of a rank function on a (d+2)(d+2)-angulated category C\mathcal{C} which generalises the notion of a rank function on a triangulated category. Inspired by work of Chuang and Lazarev, for dd an odd positive integer, we prove that there is a bijective correspondence between rank functions defined on objects in C\mathcal{C} and rank functions defined on morphisms in C\mathcal{C}. Inspired by work of Conde, Gorsky, Marks and Zvonareva, for dd an odd positive integer, we show there is a bijective correspondence between rank functions on ProjA\operatorname{\mathsf{Proj}}A and additive functions on mod(ProjA)\operatorname{\mathsf{mod}}(\operatorname{\mathsf{Proj}}A), where ProjA\operatorname{\mathsf{Proj}}A is endowed with the Amiot-Lin (d+2)(d+2)-angulated category structure. This allows us to show that every integral rank function on ProjA\operatorname{\mathsf{Proj}}A can be decomposed into irreducible rank functions.

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@article{arxiv.2405.19042,
  title  = {Rank functions on $(d+2)$-angulated categories -- a functorial approach},
  author = {David Nkansah},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.19042},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

31 pages. Corrected Proposition 2.12 by strengthening Definition 2.1 (axiom RO2). Added examples in Section 2

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