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Torsion classes and t-structures in higher homological algebra

Representation Theory 2015-08-13 v3

Abstract

Higher homological algebra was introduced by Iyama. It is also known as nn-homological algebra where n2n \geq 2 is a fixed integer, and it deals with nn-cluster tilting subcategories of abelian categories. All short exact sequences in such a subcategory are split, but it has nice exact sequences with n+2n+2 objects. This was recently formalised by Jasso in the theory of nn-abelian categories. There is also a derived version of nn-homological algebra, formalised by Geiss, Keller, and Oppermann in the theory of (n+2)( n+2 )-angulated categories (the reason for the shift from nn to n+2n+2 is that angulated categories have triangulated categories as the "base case"). We introduce torsion classes and t-structures into the theory of nn-abelian and (n+2)( n+2 )-angulated categories, and prove several results to motivate the definitions. Most of the results concern the nn-abelian and (n+2)( n+2 )-angulated categories M(Λ){\mathcal M}( \Lambda ) and C(Λ){\mathcal C}( \Lambda ) associated to an nn-representation finite algebra Λ\Lambda, as defined by Iyama and Oppermann. We characterise torsion classes in these categories in terms of closure under higher extensions, and give a bijection between torsion classes in M(Λ){\mathcal M}( \Lambda ) and intermediate t-structures in C(Λ){\mathcal C}( \Lambda ) which is a category one can reasonably view as the nn-derived category of M(Λ){\mathcal M}( \Lambda ). We hint at the link to nn-homological tilting theory.

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@article{arxiv.1412.0214,
  title  = {Torsion classes and t-structures in higher homological algebra},
  author = {Peter Jorgensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.0214},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

19 pages. Final accepted version to appear in International Mathematics Research Notices

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