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  • Leavitt path algebra via the singularity category of

    a radical-square-zero algebra

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC

    Western Sydney University Abend Seminars, Sydney

    July 9, 2020

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Overview

    Leavitt path algebras might be traced back to the 1962 paper

    of William G. Leavitt (1916-2013)

    interesting connections with C ∗-algebras, symbolic dynamic

    systems and noncommutative (differential/algebraic)

    geometry.

    Our focus: the link of Leavitt path algebras to (various)

    singularity categories of some finite dimensional algebras

    We work over a fixed field k.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Overview

    Leavitt path algebras might be traced back to the 1962 paper

    of William G. Leavitt (1916-2013)

    interesting connections with C ∗-algebras, symbolic dynamic

    systems and noncommutative (differential/algebraic)

    geometry.

    Our focus: the link of Leavitt path algebras to (various)

    singularity categories of some finite dimensional algebras

    We work over a fixed field k.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Overview

    Leavitt path algebras might be traced back to the 1962 paper

    of William G. Leavitt (1916-2013)

    interesting connections with C ∗-algebras, symbolic dynamic

    systems and noncommutative (differential/algebraic)

    geometry.

    Our focus: the link of Leavitt path algebras to (various)

    singularity categories of some finite dimensional algebras

    We work over a fixed field k.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Overview

    Leavitt path algebras might be traced back to the 1962 paper

    of William G. Leavitt (1916-2013)

    interesting connections with C ∗-algebras, symbolic dynamic

    systems and noncommutative (differential/algebraic)

    geometry.

    Our focus: the link of Leavitt path algebras to (various)

    singularity categories of some finite dimensional algebras

    We work over a fixed field k.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The content

    Quivers and Leavitt path algebras

    An introduction to singularity categories

    Other links via categorical equivalences

    Keller’s conjecture on singular Hochschild cohomology

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Quivers

    Q = (Q0,Q1; s, t : Q1 → Q0) a finite quiver (= orientedgraph)

    Q0 = the set of vertices, Q1 = the set of arrows

    visualize an arrow α as s(α)α−→ t(α)

    a vertex i is called a sink, if s−1(i) = ∅; for simplicity, weassume that Q has no sinks.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Quivers

    Q = (Q0,Q1; s, t : Q1 → Q0) a finite quiver (= orientedgraph)

    Q0 = the set of vertices, Q1 = the set of arrows

    visualize an arrow α as s(α)α−→ t(α)

    a vertex i is called a sink, if s−1(i) = ∅; for simplicity, weassume that Q has no sinks.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Quivers

    Q = (Q0,Q1; s, t : Q1 → Q0) a finite quiver (= orientedgraph)

    Q0 = the set of vertices, Q1 = the set of arrows

    visualize an arrow α as s(α)α−→ t(α)

    a vertex i is called a sink, if s−1(i) = ∅; for simplicity, weassume that Q has no sinks.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Quivers

    Q = (Q0,Q1; s, t : Q1 → Q0) a finite quiver (= orientedgraph)

    Q0 = the set of vertices, Q1 = the set of arrows

    visualize an arrow α as s(α)α−→ t(α)

    a vertex i is called a sink, if s−1(i) = ∅;

    for simplicity, we

    assume that Q has no sinks.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Quivers

    Q = (Q0,Q1; s, t : Q1 → Q0) a finite quiver (= orientedgraph)

    Q0 = the set of vertices, Q1 = the set of arrows

    visualize an arrow α as s(α)α−→ t(α)

    a vertex i is called a sink, if s−1(i) = ∅; for simplicity, weassume that Q has no sinks.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Examples

    Example

    Let Q be the following rose quiver with two petals

    ·1 βffα 88

    Then Q0 = {1}, Q1 = {α, β}.

    Example

    Let Q ′ be the following quiver

    1·α 88γ //

    2·δoo βff

    Then Q ′0 = {1, 2}, Q ′1 = {α, β, γ, δ}, s(γ) = 1 for example.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Examples

    Example

    Let Q be the following rose quiver with two petals

    ·1 βffα 88

    Then Q0 = {1}, Q1 = {α, β}.

    Example

    Let Q ′ be the following quiver

    1·α 88γ //

    2·δoo βff

    Then Q ′0 = {1, 2}, Q ′1 = {α, β, γ, δ}, s(γ) = 1 for example.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Examples

    Example

    Let Q be the following rose quiver with two petals

    ·1 βffα 88

    Then Q0 = {1}, Q1 = {α, β}.

    Example

    Let Q ′ be the following quiver

    1·α 88γ //

    2·δoo βff

    Then Q ′0 = {1, 2}, Q ′1 = {α, β, γ, δ}, s(γ) = 1 for example.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Examples

    Example

    Let Q be the following rose quiver with two petals

    ·1 βffα 88

    Then Q0 = {1}, Q1 = {α, β}.

    Example

    Let Q ′ be the following quiver

    1·α 88γ //

    2·δoo βff

    Then Q ′0 = {1, 2}, Q ′1 = {α, β, γ, δ}, s(γ) = 1 for example.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Path algebras

    a finite path in Q is p = αn · · ·α2α1 of length n

    · α1−→ · α2−→ · · · · · αn−→ ·

    In this case, we set s(p) = s(α1) and t(p) = t(αn).

    paths of length one = arrows; paths of length zero = vertices

    (for i ∈ Q0, we associate a trivial path ei .)

    The path algebra kQ: k-basis = paths in Q, the multiplication

    = concatenation of paths. More precisely, for two paths p and

    q in Q, p · q = pq if s(p) = t(q), otherwise, p · q = 0.For example, eiej = δi ,jei , eip = δi ,t(p)p, pei = δs(p),ip.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Path algebras

    a finite path in Q is p = αn · · ·α2α1 of length n

    · α1−→ · α2−→ · · · · · αn−→ ·

    In this case, we set s(p) = s(α1) and t(p) = t(αn).

    paths of length one = arrows; paths of length zero = vertices

    (for i ∈ Q0, we associate a trivial path ei .)

    The path algebra kQ: k-basis = paths in Q, the multiplication

    = concatenation of paths. More precisely, for two paths p and

    q in Q, p · q = pq if s(p) = t(q), otherwise, p · q = 0.For example, eiej = δi ,jei , eip = δi ,t(p)p, pei = δs(p),ip.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Path algebras

    a finite path in Q is p = αn · · ·α2α1 of length n

    · α1−→ · α2−→ · · · · · αn−→ ·

    In this case, we set s(p) = s(α1) and t(p) = t(αn).

    paths of length one = arrows; paths of length zero = vertices

    (for i ∈ Q0, we associate a trivial path ei .)

    The path algebra kQ: k-basis = paths in Q, the multiplication

    = concatenation of paths. More precisely, for two paths p and

    q in Q, p · q = pq if s(p) = t(q), otherwise, p · q = 0.For example, eiej = δi ,jei , eip = δi ,t(p)p, pei = δs(p),ip.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Path algebras

    a finite path in Q is p = αn · · ·α2α1 of length n

    · α1−→ · α2−→ · · · · · αn−→ ·

    In this case, we set s(p) = s(α1) and t(p) = t(αn).

    paths of length one = arrows; paths of length zero = vertices

    (for i ∈ Q0, we associate a trivial path ei .)

    The path algebra kQ: k-basis = paths in Q, the multiplication

    = concatenation of paths.

    More precisely, for two paths p and

    q in Q, p · q = pq if s(p) = t(q), otherwise, p · q = 0.For example, eiej = δi ,jei , eip = δi ,t(p)p, pei = δs(p),ip.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Path algebras

    a finite path in Q is p = αn · · ·α2α1 of length n

    · α1−→ · α2−→ · · · · · αn−→ ·

    In this case, we set s(p) = s(α1) and t(p) = t(αn).

    paths of length one = arrows; paths of length zero = vertices

    (for i ∈ Q0, we associate a trivial path ei .)

    The path algebra kQ: k-basis = paths in Q, the multiplication

    = concatenation of paths. More precisely, for two paths p and

    q in Q, p · q = pq if s(p) = t(q), otherwise, p · q = 0.

    For example, eiej = δi ,jei , eip = δi ,t(p)p, pei = δs(p),ip.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Path algebras

    a finite path in Q is p = αn · · ·α2α1 of length n

    · α1−→ · α2−→ · · · · · αn−→ ·

    In this case, we set s(p) = s(α1) and t(p) = t(αn).

    paths of length one = arrows; paths of length zero = vertices

    (for i ∈ Q0, we associate a trivial path ei .)

    The path algebra kQ: k-basis = paths in Q, the multiplication

    = concatenation of paths. More precisely, for two paths p and

    q in Q, p · q = pq if s(p) = t(q), otherwise, p · q = 0.For example, eiej = δi ,jei , eip = δi ,t(p)p, pei = δs(p),ip.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Path algebras, continued

    Qn = the set of paths in Q of length n.

    Then kQ =⊕

    n≥0 kQn is naturally N-graded.

    The unit 1kQ =∑

    i∈Q0 ei has a decomposition into pairwise

    orthogonal idempotents.

    Set J =⊕

    n≥1 kQn, the two-sided ideal of kQ generated by

    arrows.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Path algebras, continued

    Qn = the set of paths in Q of length n.

    Then kQ =⊕

    n≥0 kQn is naturally N-graded.

    The unit 1kQ =∑

    i∈Q0 ei has a decomposition into pairwise

    orthogonal idempotents.

    Set J =⊕

    n≥1 kQn, the two-sided ideal of kQ generated by

    arrows.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Path algebras, continued

    Qn = the set of paths in Q of length n.

    Then kQ =⊕

    n≥0 kQn is naturally N-graded.

    The unit 1kQ =∑

    i∈Q0 ei has a decomposition into pairwise

    orthogonal idempotents.

    Set J =⊕

    n≥1 kQn, the two-sided ideal of kQ generated by

    arrows.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Path algebras, continued

    Qn = the set of paths in Q of length n.

    Then kQ =⊕

    n≥0 kQn is naturally N-graded.

    The unit 1kQ =∑

    i∈Q0 ei has a decomposition into pairwise

    orthogonal idempotents.

    Set J =⊕

    n≥1 kQn, the two-sided ideal of kQ generated by

    arrows.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • On the terminology “quiver”

    Representations of quivers, the same as modules over path

    algebras, were initiated by a classical 1972 paper of Peter

    Gabriel.

    Over an algebraically closed field, any finite dimensional

    algebra is Morita equivalent to kQ/I for some ideal

    Jd ⊆ I ⊆ J2 (whose Jacobson radical is J/I !)

    Quivers appear naturally in Lie theory, quantum groups,

    cluster theory, noncommutative geometry, mathematical

    physics ...

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • On the terminology “quiver”

    Representations of quivers, the same as modules over path

    algebras, were initiated by a classical 1972 paper of Peter

    Gabriel.

    Over an algebraically closed field, any finite dimensional

    algebra is Morita equivalent to kQ/I for some ideal

    Jd ⊆ I ⊆ J2 (whose Jacobson radical is J/I !)

    Quivers appear naturally in Lie theory, quantum groups,

    cluster theory, noncommutative geometry, mathematical

    physics ...

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • On the terminology “quiver”

    Representations of quivers, the same as modules over path

    algebras, were initiated by a classical 1972 paper of Peter

    Gabriel.

    Over an algebraically closed field, any finite dimensional

    algebra is Morita equivalent to kQ/I for some ideal

    Jd ⊆ I ⊆ J2 (whose Jacobson radical is J/I !)

    Quivers appear naturally in Lie theory, quantum groups,

    cluster theory, noncommutative geometry, mathematical

    physics ...

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The Leavitt path algebra, the very definition

    Q̄ = the double quiver of Q, that is, for each arrow α : i → jin Q, we add a new arrow α∗ : j → i .

    Definition (Abrams-Aranda Pino 2005/Ara-Moreno-Pardo 2007)

    The Leavitt path algebra L(Q) of Q is the quotient algebra of kQ̄

    by the two-sided ideal generated by the following elements

    (CK1) αβ∗ − δα,βet(α), for all α, β ∈ Q1;

    (CK2)∑{α∈Q1 | s(α)=i} α

    ∗α− ei , for all i ∈ Q0.

    Here, CK stands for Cuntz-Krieger.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The Leavitt path algebra, the very definition

    Q̄ = the double quiver of Q, that is, for each arrow α : i → jin Q, we add a new arrow α∗ : j → i .

    Definition (Abrams-Aranda Pino 2005/Ara-Moreno-Pardo 2007)

    The Leavitt path algebra L(Q) of Q is the quotient algebra of kQ̄

    by the two-sided ideal generated by the following elements

    (CK1) αβ∗ − δα,βet(α), for all α, β ∈ Q1;

    (CK2)∑{α∈Q1 | s(α)=i} α

    ∗α− ei , for all i ∈ Q0.

    Here, CK stands for Cuntz-Krieger.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The Leavitt path algebra, the very definition

    Q̄ = the double quiver of Q, that is, for each arrow α : i → jin Q, we add a new arrow α∗ : j → i .

    Definition (Abrams-Aranda Pino 2005/Ara-Moreno-Pardo 2007)

    The Leavitt path algebra L(Q) of Q is the quotient algebra of kQ̄

    by the two-sided ideal generated by the following elements

    (CK1) αβ∗ − δα,βet(α), for all α, β ∈ Q1;

    (CK2)∑{α∈Q1 | s(α)=i} α

    ∗α− ei , for all i ∈ Q0.

    Here, CK stands for Cuntz-Krieger.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The Leavitt path algebra, the very definition

    Q̄ = the double quiver of Q, that is, for each arrow α : i → jin Q, we add a new arrow α∗ : j → i .

    Definition (Abrams-Aranda Pino 2005/Ara-Moreno-Pardo 2007)

    The Leavitt path algebra L(Q) of Q is the quotient algebra of kQ̄

    by the two-sided ideal generated by the following elements

    (CK1) αβ∗ − δα,βet(α), for all α, β ∈ Q1;

    (CK2)∑{α∈Q1 | s(α)=i} α

    ∗α− ei , for all i ∈ Q0.

    Here, CK stands for Cuntz-Krieger.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The Leavitt path algebra, the very definition

    Q̄ = the double quiver of Q, that is, for each arrow α : i → jin Q, we add a new arrow α∗ : j → i .

    Definition (Abrams-Aranda Pino 2005/Ara-Moreno-Pardo 2007)

    The Leavitt path algebra L(Q) of Q is the quotient algebra of kQ̄

    by the two-sided ideal generated by the following elements

    (CK1) αβ∗ − δα,βet(α), for all α, β ∈ Q1;

    (CK2)∑{α∈Q1 | s(α)=i} α

    ∗α− ei , for all i ∈ Q0.

    Here, CK stands for Cuntz-Krieger.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Example: The Leavitt algebra

    Example

    Let Q be the rose quiver with two petals. Then we have an

    isomorphism

    L(Q) ' k〈x1, x2, y1, y2〉〈xiyj − δi ,j , y1x1 + y2x2 − 1〉

    .

    The latter algebra is called the Leavitt algebra L2 of order two.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Example: The Leavitt algebra

    Example

    Let Q be the rose quiver with two petals. Then we have an

    isomorphism

    L(Q) ' k〈x1, x2, y1, y2〉〈xiyj − δi ,j , y1x1 + y2x2 − 1〉

    .

    The latter algebra is called the Leavitt algebra L2 of order two.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Example: The Leavitt algebra

    Example

    Let Q be the rose quiver with two petals. Then we have an

    isomorphism

    L(Q) ' k〈x1, x2, y1, y2〉〈xiyj − δi ,j , y1x1 + y2x2 − 1〉

    .

    The latter algebra is called the Leavitt algebra L2 of order two.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Nice properties of the Leavitt path algebra

    The Leavitt path algebra L(Q) is naturally Z-graded asL(Q) =

    ⊕n∈Z L(Q)n with ei ∈ L(Q)0, α ∈ L(Q)1 and

    α∗ ∈ L(Q)−1.

    L(Q)n · L(Q)m = L(Q)n+m, that is, L(Q) is strongly graded.

    The zeroth component subalgebra L(Q)0 is a direct limit of

    finite products of full matrix algebras; in particular, it is von

    Neumann regular.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Nice properties of the Leavitt path algebra

    The Leavitt path algebra L(Q) is naturally Z-graded asL(Q) =

    ⊕n∈Z L(Q)n with ei ∈ L(Q)0, α ∈ L(Q)1 and

    α∗ ∈ L(Q)−1.

    L(Q)n · L(Q)m = L(Q)n+m, that is, L(Q) is strongly graded.

    The zeroth component subalgebra L(Q)0 is a direct limit of

    finite products of full matrix algebras; in particular, it is von

    Neumann regular.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Nice properties of the Leavitt path algebra

    The Leavitt path algebra L(Q) is naturally Z-graded asL(Q) =

    ⊕n∈Z L(Q)n with ei ∈ L(Q)0, α ∈ L(Q)1 and

    α∗ ∈ L(Q)−1.

    L(Q)n · L(Q)m = L(Q)n+m, that is, L(Q) is strongly graded.

    The zeroth component subalgebra L(Q)0 is a direct limit of

    finite products of full matrix algebras; in particular, it is von

    Neumann regular.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Some consequences

    Consider the category L(Q)-grproj of finitely generated

    Z-graded projective L(Q)-modules.

    Proposition

    The category L(Q)-grproj is a semisimple abelian category.

    The proof: strongly gradation implies that

    L(Q)-grproj ' L(Q)0-proj.

    Now, use the von Neumann regularity of L(Q)0.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Some consequences

    Consider the category L(Q)-grproj of finitely generated

    Z-graded projective L(Q)-modules.

    Proposition

    The category L(Q)-grproj is a semisimple abelian category.

    The proof: strongly gradation implies that

    L(Q)-grproj ' L(Q)0-proj.

    Now, use the von Neumann regularity of L(Q)0.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Some consequences, continued

    The degree-shift functor on L(Q)-grproj: P 7→ P(1), whereP(1)m = Pm+1.

    Proposition

    In L(Q)-grproj, there is an isomorphism

    (L(Q)ei )(1) '⊕

    {α∈Q1 | s(α)=i}

    L(Q)et(α)

    The map sends ei to∑α∗, and the inverse sends et(α) to α. Use

    the CK relations!

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Some consequences, continued

    The degree-shift functor on L(Q)-grproj: P 7→ P(1), whereP(1)m = Pm+1.

    Proposition

    In L(Q)-grproj, there is an isomorphism

    (L(Q)ei )(1) '⊕

    {α∈Q1 | s(α)=i}

    L(Q)et(α)

    The map sends ei to∑α∗, and the inverse sends et(α) to α. Use

    the CK relations!

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Some consequences, continued

    The degree-shift functor on L(Q)-grproj: P 7→ P(1), whereP(1)m = Pm+1.

    Proposition

    In L(Q)-grproj, there is an isomorphism

    (L(Q)ei )(1) '⊕

    {α∈Q1 | s(α)=i}

    L(Q)et(α)

    The map sends ei to∑α∗, and the inverse sends et(α) to α. Use

    the CK relations!

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The content

    Quivers and Leavitt path algebras

    An introduction to singularity categories

    Other links via categorical equivalences

    Keller’s conjecture on singular Hochschild cohomology

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The stable module category

    Let A be a finite dimensional algebra

    A-proj ⊆ A-mod

    The stable module category A-mod = A-mod/[A-proj]: kills

    morphisms factoring through projective

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The stable module category

    Let A be a finite dimensional algebra

    A-proj ⊆ A-mod

    The stable module category A-mod = A-mod/[A-proj]: kills

    morphisms factoring through projective

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The stable module category

    Let A be a finite dimensional algebra

    A-proj ⊆ A-mod

    The stable module category A-mod = A-mod/[A-proj]: kills

    morphisms factoring through projective

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The stable module category, continued

    The stable module category A-mod is left triangulated

    The syzygy functor Ω: A-mod −→ A-mod (usually not anequivalence!)

    Short exact sequences induce exact triangles:

    Ω(N)

    ��

    // P(N)

    ��

    // N

    L // M // N

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The stable module category, continued

    The stable module category A-mod is left triangulated

    The syzygy functor Ω: A-mod −→ A-mod (usually not anequivalence!)

    Short exact sequences induce exact triangles:

    Ω(N)

    ��

    // P(N)

    ��

    // N

    L // M // N

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The stable module category, continued

    The stable module category A-mod is left triangulated

    The syzygy functor Ω: A-mod −→ A-mod (usually not anequivalence!)

    Short exact sequences induce exact triangles:

    Ω(N)

    ��

    // P(N)

    ��

    // N

    L // M // N

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Our concerns: radical-square-zero algebras

    For a quiver Q, we set AQ = kQ/J2 to be the quotient

    algebra, which is finite dimensional and radical-square-zero.

    Indeed, AQ has a basis {ei | i ∈ Q0} ∪ {α | α ∈ Q1}, themultiplication rule is given by

    eiej = δi ,jei , eiα = δi ,t(α)α, βej = δs(β),jβ, αβ = 0.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Our concerns: radical-square-zero algebras

    For a quiver Q, we set AQ = kQ/J2 to be the quotient

    algebra, which is finite dimensional and radical-square-zero.

    Indeed, AQ has a basis {ei | i ∈ Q0} ∪ {α | α ∈ Q1}, themultiplication rule is given by

    eiej = δi ,jei , eiα = δi ,t(α)α, βej = δs(β),jβ, αβ = 0.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Our concerns: radical-square-zero algebras

    For a quiver Q, we set AQ = kQ/J2 to be the quotient

    algebra, which is finite dimensional and radical-square-zero.

    Indeed, AQ has a basis {ei | i ∈ Q0} ∪ {α | α ∈ Q1}, themultiplication rule is given by

    eiej = δi ,jei , eiα = δi ,t(α)α, βej = δs(β),jβ, αβ = 0.

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  • Examples

    Example

    Let Q be the rose quiver with two petals. Then kQ ' k〈α, β〉 thefree algebra with two variables, and AQ is a three dimensional

    algebra with basis {1 = e1, α, β}.

    Example

    Let Q ′ be the quiver as above. Then AQ′ is a six dimensional

    algebra with basis {e1, e2, α, β, γ, δ}, such that 1 = e1 + e2 is theunit.

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  • Examples

    Example

    Let Q be the rose quiver with two petals. Then kQ ' k〈α, β〉 thefree algebra with two variables, and AQ is a three dimensional

    algebra with basis {1 = e1, α, β}.

    Example

    Let Q ′ be the quiver as above. Then AQ′ is a six dimensional

    algebra with basis {e1, e2, α, β, γ, δ}, such that 1 = e1 + e2 is theunit.

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  • Examples, continued

    Example

    A module over AQ for the rose quiver Q takes the form

    V1 VβiiVα 55

    V1 a vector space, linear maps Vα and Vβ with zero relations.

    Example

    A module over AQ′ takes the form

    V1Vα 55

    Vγ //V2

    Vδoo Vβii

    Remarks: classical representation theory concerns indecomposable

    modules over AQ and AQ′ .

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  • Examples, continued

    Example

    A module over AQ for the rose quiver Q takes the form

    V1 VβiiVα 55

    V1 a vector space, linear maps Vα and Vβ with zero relations.

    Example

    A module over AQ′ takes the form

    V1Vα 55

    Vγ //V2

    Vδoo Vβii

    Remarks: classical representation theory concerns indecomposable

    modules over AQ and AQ′ .

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  • Examples, continued

    Example

    A module over AQ for the rose quiver Q takes the form

    V1 VβiiVα 55

    V1 a vector space, linear maps Vα and Vβ with zero relations.

    Example

    A module over AQ′ takes the form

    V1Vα 55

    Vγ //V2

    Vδoo Vβii

    Remarks: classical representation theory concerns indecomposable

    modules over AQ and AQ′ .Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The syzygy modules

    for each i ∈ Q0, we have the one-dimensional simpleAQ-module Si and the projective module Pi = AQei

    We have a short exact sequence

    0 −→⊕

    {α∈Q1 | s(α)=i}

    St(α) −→ Pi −→ Si −→ 0.

    Therefore, we have an isomorphism

    Ω(Si ) '⊕

    {α∈Q1 | s(α)=i}

    St(α)

    The SAME formula as in L(Q)-grproj!

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  • The syzygy modules

    for each i ∈ Q0, we have the one-dimensional simpleAQ-module Si and the projective module Pi = AQei

    We have a short exact sequence

    0 −→⊕

    {α∈Q1 | s(α)=i}

    St(α) −→ Pi −→ Si −→ 0.

    Therefore, we have an isomorphism

    Ω(Si ) '⊕

    {α∈Q1 | s(α)=i}

    St(α)

    The SAME formula as in L(Q)-grproj!

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The syzygy modules

    for each i ∈ Q0, we have the one-dimensional simpleAQ-module Si and the projective module Pi = AQei

    We have a short exact sequence

    0 −→⊕

    {α∈Q1 | s(α)=i}

    St(α) −→ Pi −→ Si −→ 0.

    Therefore, we have an isomorphism

    Ω(Si ) '⊕

    {α∈Q1 | s(α)=i}

    St(α)

    The SAME formula as in L(Q)-grproj!

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Comparison between Ω and (1)

    For the comparison, we recall

    Proposition

    In L(Q)-grproj, there is an isomorphism

    (L(Q)ei )(1) '⊕

    {α∈Q1 | s(α)=i}

    L(Q)et(α)

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  • The syzygy modules, continued

    BUT, the categories AQ-mod and L(Q)-grproj are very

    different!

    The category AQ-mod is NOT semisimple abelian!

    The syzygy functor Ω is NOT an equivalence, but the

    degree-shift functor (1) is!

    Use the stabilization S(AQ-mod) in the sense of [A. Heller1968]; also see [E. Spanier-G. Whitehead 1953]

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  • The syzygy modules, continued

    BUT, the categories AQ-mod and L(Q)-grproj are very

    different!

    The category AQ-mod is NOT semisimple abelian!

    The syzygy functor Ω is NOT an equivalence, but the

    degree-shift functor (1) is!

    Use the stabilization S(AQ-mod) in the sense of [A. Heller1968]; also see [E. Spanier-G. Whitehead 1953]

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The syzygy modules, continued

    BUT, the categories AQ-mod and L(Q)-grproj are very

    different!

    The category AQ-mod is NOT semisimple abelian!

    The syzygy functor Ω is NOT an equivalence, but the

    degree-shift functor (1) is!

    Use the stabilization S(AQ-mod) in the sense of [A. Heller1968]; also see [E. Spanier-G. Whitehead 1953]

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The syzygy modules, continued

    BUT, the categories AQ-mod and L(Q)-grproj are very

    different!

    The category AQ-mod is NOT semisimple abelian!

    The syzygy functor Ω is NOT an equivalence, but the

    degree-shift functor (1) is!

    Use the stabilization S(AQ-mod) in the sense of [A. Heller1968]; also see [E. Spanier-G. Whitehead 1953]

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The first definition via the stabilization

    Definition (Buchweitz 1986/Keller-Vossieck 1987/Beligiannis 2000)

    For a finite dimensional algebra A, its singularity category is

    defined to be

    Dsg(A) = S(A-mod).

    S(A-mod) is obtained from A-mod by formally inverting Ω!

    More precisely, the objects are (M, n), with an A-module M

    and n ∈ Z; the morphisms are givenHom((M, n), (L,m)) = colim HomA(Ω

    i−n(M),Ωi−m(L))

    Ω now becomes M = (M, 0) 7→ (M,−1), an automorphism onS(A-mod)! Then S(A-mod) is triangulated in the sense of[J.L. Verdier 1963]; compare [D. Puppe 1962].

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  • The first definition via the stabilization

    Definition (Buchweitz 1986/Keller-Vossieck 1987/Beligiannis 2000)

    For a finite dimensional algebra A, its singularity category is

    defined to be

    Dsg(A) = S(A-mod).

    S(A-mod) is obtained from A-mod by formally inverting Ω!

    More precisely, the objects are (M, n), with an A-module M

    and n ∈ Z; the morphisms are givenHom((M, n), (L,m)) = colim HomA(Ω

    i−n(M),Ωi−m(L))

    Ω now becomes M = (M, 0) 7→ (M,−1), an automorphism onS(A-mod)! Then S(A-mod) is triangulated in the sense of[J.L. Verdier 1963]; compare [D. Puppe 1962].

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The first definition via the stabilization

    Definition (Buchweitz 1986/Keller-Vossieck 1987/Beligiannis 2000)

    For a finite dimensional algebra A, its singularity category is

    defined to be

    Dsg(A) = S(A-mod).

    S(A-mod) is obtained from A-mod by formally inverting Ω!

    More precisely, the objects are (M, n), with an A-module M

    and n ∈ Z; the morphisms are givenHom((M, n), (L,m)) = colim HomA(Ω

    i−n(M),Ωi−m(L))

    Ω now becomes M = (M, 0) 7→ (M,−1), an automorphism onS(A-mod)! Then S(A-mod) is triangulated in the sense of[J.L. Verdier 1963]; compare [D. Puppe 1962].

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The first definition via the stabilization

    Definition (Buchweitz 1986/Keller-Vossieck 1987/Beligiannis 2000)

    For a finite dimensional algebra A, its singularity category is

    defined to be

    Dsg(A) = S(A-mod).

    S(A-mod) is obtained from A-mod by formally inverting Ω!

    More precisely, the objects are (M, n), with an A-module M

    and n ∈ Z; the morphisms are givenHom((M, n), (L,m)) = colim HomA(Ω

    i−n(M),Ωi−m(L))

    Ω now becomes M = (M, 0) 7→ (M,−1), an automorphism onS(A-mod)!

    Then S(A-mod) is triangulated in the sense of[J.L. Verdier 1963]; compare [D. Puppe 1962].

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The first definition via the stabilization

    Definition (Buchweitz 1986/Keller-Vossieck 1987/Beligiannis 2000)

    For a finite dimensional algebra A, its singularity category is

    defined to be

    Dsg(A) = S(A-mod).

    S(A-mod) is obtained from A-mod by formally inverting Ω!

    More precisely, the objects are (M, n), with an A-module M

    and n ∈ Z; the morphisms are givenHom((M, n), (L,m)) = colim HomA(Ω

    i−n(M),Ωi−m(L))

    Ω now becomes M = (M, 0) 7→ (M,−1), an automorphism onS(A-mod)! Then S(A-mod) is triangulated in the sense of[J.L. Verdier 1963]; compare [D. Puppe 1962].

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  • A first link

    Theorem (Smith 2012)

    There is an equivalence (of triangulated categories)

    Dsg(AQ) ' L(Q)-grproj

    sending Si to L(Q)ei , with Ω corresponding to (1)!

    The proof: use some argument of the stabilization in [C. 2011].

    Remark: the suspension functor Σ corresponds to (−1).

    Remark: constructing singular equivalences, this equivalence is

    used to describe the singularity category of other algebras (trivial

    extensions [C. 2016] and quadratic monomial algebras [C. 2018])

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • A first link

    Theorem (Smith 2012)

    There is an equivalence (of triangulated categories)

    Dsg(AQ) ' L(Q)-grproj

    sending Si to L(Q)ei , with Ω corresponding to (1)!

    The proof: use some argument of the stabilization in [C. 2011].

    Remark: the suspension functor Σ corresponds to (−1).

    Remark: constructing singular equivalences, this equivalence is

    used to describe the singularity category of other algebras (trivial

    extensions [C. 2016] and quadratic monomial algebras [C. 2018])

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • A first link

    Theorem (Smith 2012)

    There is an equivalence (of triangulated categories)

    Dsg(AQ) ' L(Q)-grproj

    sending Si to L(Q)ei , with Ω corresponding to (1)!

    The proof: use some argument of the stabilization in [C. 2011].

    Remark: the suspension functor Σ corresponds to (−1).

    Remark: constructing singular equivalences, this equivalence is

    used to describe the singularity category of other algebras (trivial

    extensions [C. 2016] and quadratic monomial algebras [C. 2018])

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • A first link

    Theorem (Smith 2012)

    There is an equivalence (of triangulated categories)

    Dsg(AQ) ' L(Q)-grproj

    sending Si to L(Q)ei , with Ω corresponding to (1)!

    The proof: use some argument of the stabilization in [C. 2011].

    Remark: the suspension functor Σ corresponds to (−1).

    Remark: constructing singular equivalences, this equivalence is

    used to describe the singularity category of other algebras (trivial

    extensions [C. 2016] and quadratic monomial algebras [C. 2018])

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Examples revisited

    Example

    Q = ·1 βffα 88

    Q ′ = 1·α 88γ //

    2·δoo βff

    Then L(Q) and L(Q ′) are graded Morita equivalent; (using the

    strong shift equivalence in [P. Smith 2011], or [G. Abrmas-A.

    Louly-E. Pardo-C. Smith 2011])

    Alternatively, there is a singular equivalence Dsg(AQ) ' Dsg(AQ′)by [A.R. Nasr-Isfahani 2016] or [C. 2016/C.2018].

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Examples revisited

    Example

    Q = ·1 βffα 88

    Q ′ = 1·α 88γ //

    2·δoo βff

    Then L(Q) and L(Q ′) are graded Morita equivalent; (using the

    strong shift equivalence in [P. Smith 2011], or [G. Abrmas-A.

    Louly-E. Pardo-C. Smith 2011])

    Alternatively, there is a singular equivalence Dsg(AQ) ' Dsg(AQ′)by [A.R. Nasr-Isfahani 2016] or [C. 2016/C.2018].

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Examples revisited

    Example

    Q = ·1 βffα 88

    Q ′ = 1·α 88γ //

    2·δoo βff

    Then L(Q) and L(Q ′) are graded Morita equivalent; (using the

    strong shift equivalence in [P. Smith 2011], or [G. Abrmas-A.

    Louly-E. Pardo-C. Smith 2011])

    Alternatively, there is a singular equivalence Dsg(AQ) ' Dsg(AQ′)by [A.R. Nasr-Isfahani 2016] or [C. 2016/C.2018].

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The second definition via Verdier quotient

    the bounded derived category Db(A-mod): bounded

    complexes of modules, with quasi-isomorphisms inverted

    Key formula: ExtnA(M,N) = Hom(M,Σn(N))

    Kb(A-proj) is a triangulated subcategory of Db(A-mod)

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The second definition via Verdier quotient

    the bounded derived category Db(A-mod): bounded

    complexes of modules, with quasi-isomorphisms inverted

    Key formula: ExtnA(M,N) = Hom(M,Σn(N))

    Kb(A-proj) is a triangulated subcategory of Db(A-mod)

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The second definition via Verdier quotient

    the bounded derived category Db(A-mod): bounded

    complexes of modules, with quasi-isomorphisms inverted

    Key formula: ExtnA(M,N) = Hom(M,Σn(N))

    Kb(A-proj) is a triangulated subcategory of Db(A-mod)

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The second definition via Verdier quotient, continued

    Fact: Kb(A-proj) = Db(A-mod) if and only if gl.dim(A)

  • The second definition via Verdier quotient, continued

    Fact: Kb(A-proj) = Db(A-mod) if and only if gl.dim(A)

  • The second definition via Verdier quotient, continued

    Fact: Kb(A-proj) = Db(A-mod) if and only if gl.dim(A)

  • The second definition via Verdier quotient, continued

    Fact: Kb(A-proj) = Db(A-mod) if and only if gl.dim(A)

  • The second definition via Verdier quotient, continued

    Fact: Kb(A-proj) = Db(A-mod) if and only if gl.dim(A)

  • The second definition via Verdier quotient, continued

    Fact: Kb(A-proj) = Db(A-mod) if and only if gl.dim(A)

  • The second definition via Verdier quotient, continued

    Fact: Kb(A-proj) = Db(A-mod) if and only if gl.dim(A)

  • The third definition and variations

    The third definition of Dsg(A) via the Tate-Vogel cohomology

    [Mislin 1994];

    its relation to Gorenstein projective modules

    The compact completion: the stable derived category of A [H.

    Krause 2005] = the homotopy category Kac(A-Inj) of

    unbounded acyclic complexes of (not necessarily finite

    dimensional) injective A-modules; having arbitrary

    coproducts, containing (in a NONTRIVIAL manner) Dsg(A)

    as compacts.

    The dg singularity category Sdg(A) [Keller 2018]: using dg

    quotient of [B. Keller 1999] and [V. Drinfeld 2004]; a dg

    category with its zeroth cohomology H0(Sdg(A)) = Dsg(A).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The third definition and variations

    The third definition of Dsg(A) via the Tate-Vogel cohomology

    [Mislin 1994]; its relation to Gorenstein projective modules

    The compact completion: the stable derived category of A [H.

    Krause 2005] = the homotopy category Kac(A-Inj) of

    unbounded acyclic complexes of (not necessarily finite

    dimensional) injective A-modules; having arbitrary

    coproducts, containing (in a NONTRIVIAL manner) Dsg(A)

    as compacts.

    The dg singularity category Sdg(A) [Keller 2018]: using dg

    quotient of [B. Keller 1999] and [V. Drinfeld 2004]; a dg

    category with its zeroth cohomology H0(Sdg(A)) = Dsg(A).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The third definition and variations

    The third definition of Dsg(A) via the Tate-Vogel cohomology

    [Mislin 1994]; its relation to Gorenstein projective modules

    The compact completion: the stable derived category of A [H.

    Krause 2005] = the homotopy category Kac(A-Inj) of

    unbounded acyclic complexes of (not necessarily finite

    dimensional) injective A-modules;

    having arbitrary

    coproducts, containing (in a NONTRIVIAL manner) Dsg(A)

    as compacts.

    The dg singularity category Sdg(A) [Keller 2018]: using dg

    quotient of [B. Keller 1999] and [V. Drinfeld 2004]; a dg

    category with its zeroth cohomology H0(Sdg(A)) = Dsg(A).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The third definition and variations

    The third definition of Dsg(A) via the Tate-Vogel cohomology

    [Mislin 1994]; its relation to Gorenstein projective modules

    The compact completion: the stable derived category of A [H.

    Krause 2005] = the homotopy category Kac(A-Inj) of

    unbounded acyclic complexes of (not necessarily finite

    dimensional) injective A-modules; having arbitrary

    coproducts, containing (in a NONTRIVIAL manner) Dsg(A)

    as compacts.

    The dg singularity category Sdg(A) [Keller 2018]: using dg

    quotient of [B. Keller 1999] and [V. Drinfeld 2004]; a dg

    category with its zeroth cohomology H0(Sdg(A)) = Dsg(A).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The third definition and variations

    The third definition of Dsg(A) via the Tate-Vogel cohomology

    [Mislin 1994]; its relation to Gorenstein projective modules

    The compact completion: the stable derived category of A [H.

    Krause 2005] = the homotopy category Kac(A-Inj) of

    unbounded acyclic complexes of (not necessarily finite

    dimensional) injective A-modules; having arbitrary

    coproducts, containing (in a NONTRIVIAL manner) Dsg(A)

    as compacts.

    The dg singularity category Sdg(A) [Keller 2018]: using dg

    quotient of [B. Keller 1999] and [V. Drinfeld 2004]; a dg

    category with its zeroth cohomology H0(Sdg(A)) = Dsg(A).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The content

    Quivers and Leavitt path algebras

    An introduction to singularity categories

    Other links via categorical equivalences

    Keller’s conjecture on singular Hochschild cohomology

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  • Completing Smith’s equivalence

    Recall that L(Q) is Z-graded, viewed as a dg algebra with 0 diff.;D(L(Q)op) = der. cat. of (right) dg L(Q)-modules.

    Completions:

    Dsg(AQ) ⊆ Kac(AQ-Inj), and L(Q)-grproj ⊆ D(L(Q)op)

    Theorem (C.-Yang 2015)

    There is a triangle equivalence

    Kac(AQ-Inj) ' D(L(Q)op),

    whose restriction to compacts yields Smith’s equivalence.

    The ingredients: Koszul duality between AQ and kQ, and the map

    ι : kQ −→ L(Q)

    is a universal localization in the sense of Cohen-Schofield.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Completing Smith’s equivalence

    Recall that L(Q) is Z-graded, viewed as a dg algebra with 0 diff.;D(L(Q)op) = der. cat. of (right) dg L(Q)-modules. Completions:

    Dsg(AQ) ⊆ Kac(AQ-Inj), and L(Q)-grproj ⊆ D(L(Q)op)

    Theorem (C.-Yang 2015)

    There is a triangle equivalence

    Kac(AQ-Inj) ' D(L(Q)op),

    whose restriction to compacts yields Smith’s equivalence.

    The ingredients: Koszul duality between AQ and kQ, and the map

    ι : kQ −→ L(Q)

    is a universal localization in the sense of Cohen-Schofield.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Completing Smith’s equivalence

    Recall that L(Q) is Z-graded, viewed as a dg algebra with 0 diff.;D(L(Q)op) = der. cat. of (right) dg L(Q)-modules. Completions:

    Dsg(AQ) ⊆ Kac(AQ-Inj), and L(Q)-grproj ⊆ D(L(Q)op)

    Theorem (C.-Yang 2015)

    There is a triangle equivalence

    Kac(AQ-Inj) ' D(L(Q)op),

    whose restriction to compacts yields Smith’s equivalence.

    The ingredients: Koszul duality between AQ and kQ, and the map

    ι : kQ −→ L(Q)

    is a universal localization in the sense of Cohen-Schofield.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Completing Smith’s equivalence

    Recall that L(Q) is Z-graded, viewed as a dg algebra with 0 diff.;D(L(Q)op) = der. cat. of (right) dg L(Q)-modules. Completions:

    Dsg(AQ) ⊆ Kac(AQ-Inj), and L(Q)-grproj ⊆ D(L(Q)op)

    Theorem (C.-Yang 2015)

    There is a triangle equivalence

    Kac(AQ-Inj) ' D(L(Q)op),

    whose restriction to compacts yields Smith’s equivalence.

    The ingredients: Koszul duality between AQ and kQ, and the map

    ι : kQ −→ L(Q)

    is a universal localization in the sense of Cohen-Schofield.Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The compact generator

    Theorem (Li, 2018)

    There is an explicit complex I in Kac(AQ-Inj), which is a compact

    generator, and whose dg endomorphism algebra is quasi-isomorphic

    to L(Q).

    The construction of I as a dg AQ-L(Q)-bimodule is inspired by the

    basis in [A. Alahmadi-H. Alsulami-S.K. Jain-E. Zelmanov, 2012];

    the existence of I implies (and actually enhances) C.-Yang’s

    equivalence.

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  • The compact generator

    Theorem (Li, 2018)

    There is an explicit complex I in Kac(AQ-Inj), which is a compact

    generator, and whose dg endomorphism algebra is quasi-isomorphic

    to L(Q).

    The construction of I as a dg AQ-L(Q)-bimodule is inspired by the

    basis in [A. Alahmadi-H. Alsulami-S.K. Jain-E. Zelmanov, 2012];

    the existence of I implies (and actually enhances) C.-Yang’s

    equivalence.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Enhancing Smith’s equivalence

    The dg level contains more rigid information, for example, the

    Hochschild cohomology.

    Enhancements:

    Dsg(AQ) Sdg(AQ) and L(Q)-grproj perdg(L(Q)op)

    Proposition (C.-Li-Wang)

    There is a zigzag of quasi-equivalences between

    Sdg(AQ) ' perdg(L(Q)op).

    Taking H0, we recover Smith’s equivalence.

    The proof: enhance a result of [H. Krause 2005] and use H. Li’s

    injective Leavitt complex.

    Remark: Sdg(AQ) has the same Hochschild cohomology with L(Q).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Enhancing Smith’s equivalence

    The dg level contains more rigid information, for example, the

    Hochschild cohomology. Enhancements:

    Dsg(AQ) Sdg(AQ) and L(Q)-grproj perdg(L(Q)op)

    Proposition (C.-Li-Wang)

    There is a zigzag of quasi-equivalences between

    Sdg(AQ) ' perdg(L(Q)op).

    Taking H0, we recover Smith’s equivalence.

    The proof: enhance a result of [H. Krause 2005] and use H. Li’s

    injective Leavitt complex.

    Remark: Sdg(AQ) has the same Hochschild cohomology with L(Q).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Enhancing Smith’s equivalence

    The dg level contains more rigid information, for example, the

    Hochschild cohomology. Enhancements:

    Dsg(AQ) Sdg(AQ) and L(Q)-grproj perdg(L(Q)op)

    Proposition (C.-Li-Wang)

    There is a zigzag of quasi-equivalences between

    Sdg(AQ) ' perdg(L(Q)op).

    Taking H0, we recover Smith’s equivalence.

    The proof: enhance a result of [H. Krause 2005] and use H. Li’s

    injective Leavitt complex.

    Remark: Sdg(AQ) has the same Hochschild cohomology with L(Q).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Enhancing Smith’s equivalence

    The dg level contains more rigid information, for example, the

    Hochschild cohomology. Enhancements:

    Dsg(AQ) Sdg(AQ) and L(Q)-grproj perdg(L(Q)op)

    Proposition (C.-Li-Wang)

    There is a zigzag of quasi-equivalences between

    Sdg(AQ) ' perdg(L(Q)op).

    Taking H0, we recover Smith’s equivalence.

    The proof: enhance a result of [H. Krause 2005] and use H. Li’s

    injective Leavitt complex.

    Remark: Sdg(AQ) has the same Hochschild cohomology with L(Q).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Enhancing Smith’s equivalence

    The dg level contains more rigid information, for example, the

    Hochschild cohomology. Enhancements:

    Dsg(AQ) Sdg(AQ) and L(Q)-grproj perdg(L(Q)op)

    Proposition (C.-Li-Wang)

    There is a zigzag of quasi-equivalences between

    Sdg(AQ) ' perdg(L(Q)op).

    Taking H0, we recover Smith’s equivalence.

    The proof: enhance a result of [H. Krause 2005] and use H. Li’s

    injective Leavitt complex.

    Remark: Sdg(AQ) has the same Hochschild cohomology with L(Q).Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The content

    Quivers and Leavitt path algebras

    An introduction to singularity categories

    Other links via categorical equivalences

    Keller’s conjecture on singular Hochschild cohomology

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  • Keller’s theorem

    The enveloping algebra Ae = A⊗ Aop

    The singular Hochschild cohomology

    HH∗sg(A,A) = HomDsg(Ae)(A,Σ∗(A))

    Theorem (Keller 2018)

    Assume that A/radA is separable. Then there is an isomorphism of

    Z-graded algebras

    HH∗(Sdg(A),Sdg(A)) ' HH∗sg(A,A).

    Remark: important in Hua-Keller’s work on Donovan-Wemyss’s

    conjecture.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Keller’s theorem

    The enveloping algebra Ae = A⊗ Aop

    The singular Hochschild cohomology

    HH∗sg(A,A) = HomDsg(Ae)(A,Σ∗(A))

    Theorem (Keller 2018)

    Assume that A/radA is separable. Then there is an isomorphism of

    Z-graded algebras

    HH∗(Sdg(A),Sdg(A)) ' HH∗sg(A,A).

    Remark: important in Hua-Keller’s work on Donovan-Wemyss’s

    conjecture.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Keller’s theorem

    The enveloping algebra Ae = A⊗ Aop

    The singular Hochschild cohomology

    HH∗sg(A,A) = HomDsg(Ae)(A,Σ∗(A))

    Theorem (Keller 2018)

    Assume that A/radA is separable. Then there is an isomorphism of

    Z-graded algebras

    HH∗(Sdg(A),Sdg(A)) ' HH∗sg(A,A).

    Remark: important in Hua-Keller’s work on Donovan-Wemyss’s

    conjecture.Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Singular Hochschild cochain complex

    in the normalized bar resolution of A, we have Ωp, the

    (graded) bimodule of noncommutative differential p-forms

    There are natural maps

    θp : C∗(A,Ωp) −→ C ∗(A,Ωp+1)

    between the Hochschild cochain complexes.

    The colimit, denoted by C ∗sg(A,A), is called the singular

    Hochschild cochain complex of A; it computes HH∗sg(A,A).

    Theorem (Wang 2018)

    There is a natural B∞-algebra structure on C∗sg(A,A).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Singular Hochschild cochain complex

    in the normalized bar resolution of A, we have Ωp, the

    (graded) bimodule of noncommutative differential p-forms

    There are natural maps

    θp : C∗(A,Ωp) −→ C ∗(A,Ωp+1)

    between the Hochschild cochain complexes.

    The colimit, denoted by C ∗sg(A,A), is called the singular

    Hochschild cochain complex of A; it computes HH∗sg(A,A).

    Theorem (Wang 2018)

    There is a natural B∞-algebra structure on C∗sg(A,A).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Singular Hochschild cochain complex

    in the normalized bar resolution of A, we have Ωp, the

    (graded) bimodule of noncommutative differential p-forms

    There are natural maps

    θp : C∗(A,Ωp) −→ C ∗(A,Ωp+1)

    between the Hochschild cochain complexes.

    The colimit, denoted by C ∗sg(A,A), is called the singular

    Hochschild cochain complex of A; it computes HH∗sg(A,A).

    Theorem (Wang 2018)

    There is a natural B∞-algebra structure on C∗sg(A,A).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Singular Hochschild cochain complex

    in the normalized bar resolution of A, we have Ωp, the

    (graded) bimodule of noncommutative differential p-forms

    There are natural maps

    θp : C∗(A,Ωp) −→ C ∗(A,Ωp+1)

    between the Hochschild cochain complexes.

    The colimit, denoted by C ∗sg(A,A), is called the singular

    Hochschild cochain complex of A; it computes HH∗sg(A,A).

    Theorem (Wang 2018)

    There is a natural B∞-algebra structure on C∗sg(A,A).

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • A few words on B∞-algebras

    1 The notion of a B∞-algebra is due to [E. Getzler-J.D.S. Jones,

    1994].

    2 Roughly speaking, a B∞-algebra B is a graded Poisson algebra

    up to homotopy; its cohomology H0(B) is a Gerstenhaber

    algebra.

    3 a B∞-algebra is an A∞-algebra with µp,q with p, q ≥ 0.

    4 Our concern: brace B∞-algebra, with dg algebra and µp,q = 0

    for p > 1.

    5 The Hochschild cochain complex C ∗(A,A) is a braceB∞-algebra, important in deformation theory of categories.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • A few words on B∞-algebras

    1 The notion of a B∞-algebra is due to [E. Getzler-J.D.S. Jones,

    1994].

    2 Roughly speaking, a B∞-algebra B is a graded Poisson algebra

    up to homotopy; its cohomology H0(B) is a Gerstenhaber

    algebra.

    3 a B∞-algebra is an A∞-algebra with µp,q with p, q ≥ 0.

    4 Our concern: brace B∞-algebra, with dg algebra and µp,q = 0

    for p > 1.

    5 The Hochschild cochain complex C ∗(A,A) is a braceB∞-algebra, important in deformation theory of categories.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • A few words on B∞-algebras

    1 The notion of a B∞-algebra is due to [E. Getzler-J.D.S. Jones,

    1994].

    2 Roughly speaking, a B∞-algebra B is a graded Poisson algebra

    up to homotopy; its cohomology H0(B) is a Gerstenhaber

    algebra.

    3 a B∞-algebra is an A∞-algebra with µp,q with p, q ≥ 0.

    4 Our concern: brace B∞-algebra, with dg algebra and µp,q = 0

    for p > 1.

    5 The Hochschild cochain complex C ∗(A,A) is a braceB∞-algebra, important in deformation theory of categories.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • A few words on B∞-algebras

    1 The notion of a B∞-algebra is due to [E. Getzler-J.D.S. Jones,

    1994].

    2 Roughly speaking, a B∞-algebra B is a graded Poisson algebra

    up to homotopy; its cohomology H0(B) is a Gerstenhaber

    algebra.

    3 a B∞-algebra is an A∞-algebra with µp,q with p, q ≥ 0.

    4 Our concern: brace B∞-algebra, with dg algebra and µp,q = 0

    for p > 1.

    5 The Hochschild cochain complex C ∗(A,A) is a braceB∞-algebra, important in deformation theory of categories.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • A few words on B∞-algebras

    1 The notion of a B∞-algebra is due to [E. Getzler-J.D.S. Jones,

    1994].

    2 Roughly speaking, a B∞-algebra B is a graded Poisson algebra

    up to homotopy; its cohomology H0(B) is a Gerstenhaber

    algebra.

    3 a B∞-algebra is an A∞-algebra with µp,q with p, q ≥ 0.

    4 Our concern: brace B∞-algebra, with dg algebra and µp,q = 0

    for p > 1.

    5 The Hochschild cochain complex C ∗(A,A) is a braceB∞-algebra, important in deformation theory of categories.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Keller’s conjecture

    Two (brace) B∞-algebras for A: the classical one

    C ∗(Sdg(A),Sdg(A)), and the singular one C∗sg(A,A)

    Keller’s theorem says that they have the same cohomology

    Conjecture (Keller 2018)

    There is an isomorphism in the homotopy category of B∞-algebras

    C ∗(Sdg(A),Sdg(A)) ' C ∗sg(A,A).

    In particular, the isomorphism on the cohomology respects the

    Gerstenhaber structures.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Keller’s conjecture

    Two (brace) B∞-algebras for A: the classical one

    C ∗(Sdg(A),Sdg(A)), and the singular one C∗sg(A,A)

    Keller’s theorem says that they have the same cohomology

    Conjecture (Keller 2018)

    There is an isomorphism in the homotopy category of B∞-algebras

    C ∗(Sdg(A),Sdg(A)) ' C ∗sg(A,A).

    In particular, the isomorphism on the cohomology respects the

    Gerstenhaber structures.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • Keller’s conjecture

    Two (brace) B∞-algebras for A: the classical one

    C ∗(Sdg(A),Sdg(A)), and the singular one C∗sg(A,A)

    Keller’s theorem says that they have the same cohomology

    Conjecture (Keller 2018)

    There is an isomorphism in the homotopy category of B∞-algebras

    C ∗(Sdg(A),Sdg(A)) ' C ∗sg(A,A).

    In particular, the isomorphism on the cohomology respects the

    Gerstenhaber structures.

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  • The radical-square-zero case

    Theorem (C.-Li-Wang)

    Assume that Q has no sinks. Then there are isomorphisms of

    B∞-algebras

    C ∗sg(AQ ,AQ)Υ−→ C ∗(L(Q), L(Q)) ∆−→ C ∗(Sdg(AQ),Sdg(AQ)).

    The ingredients of ∆: the dg enhancement of Smith’s equivalence,

    and the fact that C ∗(−,−) behaves well with respect toquasi-equivalences.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The radical-square-zero case

    Theorem (C.-Li-Wang)

    Assume that Q has no sinks. Then there are isomorphisms of

    B∞-algebras

    C ∗sg(AQ ,AQ)Υ−→ C ∗(L(Q), L(Q)) ∆−→ C ∗(Sdg(AQ),Sdg(AQ)).

    The ingredients of ∆: the dg enhancement of Smith’s equivalence,

    and the fact that C ∗(−,−) behaves well with respect toquasi-equivalences.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The ingredients of Υ

    We introduce two new and explicit B∞-algebras:

    (1) the combinatorial B∞-algebra C∗sg(Q,Q) via parallel paths

    in Q

    (2) the Leavitt B∞-algebra Ĉ∗(L, L), whose algebra structure

    is a trivial extension of a subalgebra of L = L(Q)⊕i∈Q0 eiLei ⊕ s

    −1 ⊕i∈Q0 eiLei

    So, we have

    C ∗sg(AQ ,AQ)κ−→ C ∗sg(Q,Q)

    ρ−→ Ĉ ∗(L, L)

    strict B∞-isomorphisms, where ρ sends a parallel path (p, q)

    to q∗p ∈ L!

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  • The ingredients of Υ

    We introduce two new and explicit B∞-algebras:

    (1) the combinatorial B∞-algebra C∗sg(Q,Q) via parallel paths

    in Q

    (2) the Leavitt B∞-algebra Ĉ∗(L, L), whose algebra structure

    is a trivial extension of a subalgebra of L = L(Q)⊕i∈Q0 eiLei ⊕ s

    −1 ⊕i∈Q0 eiLei

    So, we have

    C ∗sg(AQ ,AQ)κ−→ C ∗sg(Q,Q)

    ρ−→ Ĉ ∗(L, L)

    strict B∞-isomorphisms, where ρ sends a parallel path (p, q)

    to q∗p ∈ L!

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The ingredients of Υ

    We introduce two new and explicit B∞-algebras:

    (1) the combinatorial B∞-algebra C∗sg(Q,Q) via parallel paths

    in Q

    (2) the Leavitt B∞-algebra Ĉ∗(L, L), whose algebra structure

    is a trivial extension of a subalgebra of L = L(Q)⊕i∈Q0 eiLei ⊕ s

    −1 ⊕i∈Q0 eiLei

    So, we have

    C ∗sg(AQ ,AQ)κ−→ C ∗sg(Q,Q)

    ρ−→ Ĉ ∗(L, L)

    strict B∞-isomorphisms, where ρ sends a parallel path (p, q)

    to q∗p ∈ L!

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The ingredients of Υ

    We introduce two new and explicit B∞-algebras:

    (1) the combinatorial B∞-algebra C∗sg(Q,Q) via parallel paths

    in Q

    (2) the Leavitt B∞-algebra Ĉ∗(L, L), whose algebra structure

    is a trivial extension of a subalgebra of L = L(Q)⊕i∈Q0 eiLei ⊕ s

    −1 ⊕i∈Q0 eiLei

    So, we have

    C ∗sg(AQ ,AQ)κ−→ C ∗sg(Q,Q)

    ρ−→ Ĉ ∗(L, L)

    strict B∞-isomorphisms, where ρ sends a parallel path (p, q)

    to q∗p ∈ L!Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The ingredients of Υ, continued

    an explicit bimodule projective resolution of L, together with a

    homotopy deformation retract (in particular, L is quasi-free in

    the sense of [J. Cuntz-D. Quillen 1995])

    the homotopy transfer theorem for dg algebras yields an

    A∞-quasi-morphism

    (Φ1,Φ2, · · · ) : Ĉ ∗(L, L) −→ C ∗(L, L)

    each Φi is explicit; by manipulation on brace B∞-algebras, we

    verify that it is a B∞-morphism, as required.

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  • The ingredients of Υ, continued

    an explicit bimodule projective resolution of L, together with a

    homotopy deformation retract (in particular, L is quasi-free in

    the sense of [J. Cuntz-D. Quillen 1995])

    the homotopy transfer theorem for dg algebras yields an

    A∞-quasi-morphism

    (Φ1,Φ2, · · · ) : Ĉ ∗(L, L) −→ C ∗(L, L)

    each Φi is explicit; by manipulation on brace B∞-algebras, we

    verify that it is a B∞-morphism, as required.

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

  • The ingredients of Υ, continued

    an explicit bimodule projective resolution of L, together with a

    homotopy deformation retract (in particular, L is quasi-free in

    the sense of [J. Cuntz-D. Quillen 1995])

    the homotopy transfer theorem for dg algebras yields an

    A∞-quasi-morphism

    (Φ1,Φ2, · · · ) : Ĉ ∗(L, L) −→ C ∗(L, L)

    each Φi is explicit; by manipulation on brace B∞-algebras, we

    verify that it is a B∞-morphism, as required.

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  • The isomorphisms, in summary

    The isomorphisms in the proof:

    C ∗sg(AQ ,AQ)

    ��

    κ //

    Υ

    **

    C ∗sg(Q,Q)ρ // Ĉ ∗(L, L)

    (Φ1,Φ2,··· )

    ��C ∗(Sdg(AQ),Sdg(AQ)) C

    ∗(L, L)∆

    oo

    Remark: ∆ is categorical and somehow implicit, while Υ is

    combinatorial and explicit.

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  • The isomorphisms, in summary

    The isomorphisms in the proof:

    C ∗sg(AQ ,AQ)

    ��

    κ //

    Υ

    **

    C ∗sg(Q,Q)ρ // Ĉ ∗(L, L)

    (Φ1,Φ2,··· )

    ��C ∗(Sdg(AQ),Sdg(AQ)) C

    ∗(L, L)∆

    oo

    Remark: ∆ is categorical and somehow implicit, while Υ is

    combinatorial and explicit.

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  • Removing the sinks: an invariance theorem

    Theorem (C.-Li-Wang)

    Keller’s conjecture is invariant under one-point (co)extensions and

    singular equivalences with levels. In particular, Keller’s conjecture

    is invariant under derived equivalences.

    Consequently, Keller’s conjecture holds for AQ = kQ/J2 with any

    finite quiver Q (possibly with sinks)!

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  • Removing the sinks: an invariance theorem

    Theorem (C.-Li-Wang)

    Keller’s conjecture is invariant under one-point (co)extensions and

    singular equivalences with levels. In particular, Keller’s conjecture

    is invariant under derived equivalences.

    Consequently, Keller’s conjecture holds for AQ = kQ/J2 with any

    finite quiver Q (possibly with sinks)!

    Xiao-Wu Chen, USTC LPA via Singularity Category

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