Square-freeness of a representation-finite module category #
Riedtmann, Section 3.5, proves that over an algebraically closed field the irreducible quotient between two indecomposable modules of a representation-finite algebra has dimension at most one. The proof uses two facts already available here: irreducible maps are monic or epic, and an almost-split mesh containing two copies of one indecomposable forces strict dimension growth after translation.
Rather than construct an infinite alternating translation chain, we choose a multiple-arrow pair of maximal endpoint dimension. The Riedtmann step produces another multiple-arrow pair with strictly larger endpoint dimension, which is impossible because the selected indecomposable skeleton is finite.
Coefficient-field dimension of one selected indecomposable module.
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Restrict a morphism of finitely generated right modules to a k-linear
map on the same underlying function.
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A monic irreducible map between selected indecomposables strictly raises coefficient-field dimension.
An epic irreducible map between selected indecomposables strictly lowers coefficient-field dimension.
Inclusion of the occurrence represented by one standard-form arrow into the chosen right-mesh middle term.
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Projection from the chosen right-mesh middle term onto one represented standard-form occurrence.
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Distinct parallel standard-form arrows represent distinct middle-term indices.
Two distinct occurrences of the same indecomposable define the explicit injective coefficient-field map from two copies into the mesh middle term.
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The two-occurrence map is injective because the two displayed projections recover its two coordinates.
If an endpoint mesh contains at least two copies of y, twice the
dimension of y is bounded by the dimension of the middle term.
Coefficient-field dimensions are additive across the selected ambient Auslander--Reiten sequence.
A pair carrying at least two parallel irreducible maps produces another such pair with strictly larger maximal endpoint dimension. This is the dimension-growth step in Riedtmann's square-freeness argument.
Between two selected indecomposable modules of a representation-finite algebra over an algebraically closed field, the numerical irreducible-arrow multiplicity is at most one.
The standard-form reversed AR quiver has at most one arrow between any ordered pair of vertices.