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Algebra and Discrete Mathematics RESEARCH ARTICLE
Number 2. (2006). pp. 36 – 49
c© Journal “Algebra and Discrete Mathematics”
Weighted partially orderd sets of finite type
Olena Drozd-Koroleva
Communicated by M. Ya. Komarnytskyj
Abstract. We define representations of weighted posets and
construct for them reflection functors. Using this technique we
prove that a weighted poset is of finite representation type if and
only if its Tits form is weakly positive; then indecomposable repre-
sentations are in one-to-one correspondence with the positive roots
of the Tits form.
Representations of posets (partially ordered sets) were introduced in
[9]. In [7, 8] a criterion was given for a poset to be representation finite, i.e.
having only finitely many indecomposable representations (up to isomor-
phism), and all indecomposable representations of posets of finite type
were described. Further, in [4] Coxeter transformations were constructed
for representations of posets, following the framework of [1]. It implied
another criterion for a poset to be representation finite, not involving ex-
plicit calculations, but using the Tits quadratic form, also analogous to
that of [1]. Note that this paper did not give all reflections, corresponding
to the Tits form. They were constructed in [6], using a generalization of
representations of posets, namely, representations of bisected posets.
Note that all these matrix problems are “split,” i.e. do not involve
extensions of the basic field. Some cases, when such extensions arise,
were considered by Dlab and Ringel [2, 3]. The problems considered in
[3] generalize representations of posets, though this generalization seems
insufficient, especially when compared with [2].
Our aim is to present a more adequate generalization of representa-
tions of posets, which involves field extensions (even non-commutative),
to construct the corresponding reflection functors and thus to obtain a
2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 16G20, 16G60.
Key words and phrases: weighted partially ordered sets, finite representation
type, reflection functors, Tits form.
O. Drozd-Koroleva 37
criterion of representation finite ness, as well as a description of indecom-
posable representations in representation finite case. We call the arising
problems representations of weighed bisected posets. They seem to be the
most natural generalization of representations of posets allowing these
constructions. By the way, even in “split” case they include the so called
Schurian vector space categories (though nothing new arises in represen-
tation finite split case).
Since most proofs are quite similar to those of [6], we mainly only
sketch them, though we give the details of all constructions, since they
are not so evident.
1. Definitions and the Main Theorem
Recall [6] that a bisected poset is a poset S with a fixed partition S =
S− ∪ S+ (S− ∩ S+ = ∅) such that if i ∈ S− and j < i, also j ∈ S−.
We introduce a new symbol 0 /∈ S and set Ŝ = S ∪ { 0 } , Ŝ+ = S+ ∪
{ 0 } , Ŝ− = S−∪{ 0 }. It is convenient, and we always do so, to set 0 < i
for i ∈ S− and i < 0 for i ∈ S+. Note that < is an order on Ŝ− and on
Ŝ+, but not an order on Ŝ. We write
• i⋖ j if i < j and either both i, j ∈ Ŝ− or both i, j ∈ Ŝ+;
• i≪ j if i < j, i ∈ S−, j ∈ S+;
• i ≶ j if i < j or j < i for i, j ∈ S.
Let k be a fixed field (basic field). We consider finite dimensional
skewfields (division algebras) over k and finite dimensional bimodules over
such skewfields. If V is a K-L-bimodule and W is a L-F-bimodule, we
write VW for the K-F-bimodule V LW . We also set V ∗ = homk(V, k)
and naturally identify it with homK(V,K) and with homL(V,L) asL-K-
bimodule s. We also use the natural isomorphisms
HomK-F(UV,W ) ≃ HomK-L(U,WV ∗) ≃ HomL-F(V,U∗W ) ≃ (1.1)
≃ HomF-L(W ∗U, V ∗) ≃ HomL-K(VW ∗, U∗),
where U, V,W are, respectively, K-L-bimodule,L-F-bimodule and K-F-
bimodule, as well as the duality isomorphism V ≃ V ∗∗. If a map f
belongs to one of these spaces, we usually denote by f̃ its image in another
one under the corresponding isomorphism.
Definition 1. A weighted bisected poset, or WBS, consists of:
• A finite poset S = S− ∪ S+. We
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• a map i 7→ K(i), where i ∈ Ŝ and K(i) is a finite dimensional
skewfield over k;
• a set of finite dimensional K(i)-K(j)-bimodules V (ij), where i, j ∈
Ŝ and either j ⋖ i or i≪ j;
• a set of K(i)-K(j)-linear maps µ(ikj) : V (ik)V (kj) → V (ij) given
for any triple i, j, k ∈ Ŝ such that all these bimodules are defined.
We write uv for µ(ikj)(uv).
These maps must satisfy the following conditions:
1. “associativity”: µ(ilj)(µ(ikl)1) = µ(ikj)(1µ(klj)) as soon as these
maps are defined (it means that (uv)w = u(vw));
2. “non-degeneracy”:
• if j < i, i, j ∈ S− and v ∈ V (ij), v 6= 0, there is an element
u ∈ V (j0) such that vu 6= 0;
• if j < i, i, j ∈ S+ and v ∈ V (ij), v 6= 0, there is an element
u ∈ V (0i) such that uv 6= 0;
• if j ≪ i, the map µ(j0i) is surjective.
We often write “a WBS S” not mentioning the ingredients S±, K(i),
V (ij) and µ(ikj).
Definition 2. 1. A representation (M,f) of a WBS S consists of:
• finite dimensional K(i)-vector spaces M(i) given for each i ∈
Ŝ;
• K(i)-linear maps f(i) : M(i) → V (i0)M(0) given for each
i ∈ S−;
• K(0)-linear maps f(i) : M(0) → V (0i)M(i) given for each
i ∈ S+,
such that the product
M(i)
f(i)
−−→ V (i0)M(0)
1f(j)
−−−→ V (i0)V (0j)M(j)
µ(i0j)1
−−−−→ V (ij)M(j)
is zero for every pair i≪ j. Again, we often write “a representation
M ” not mentioning f .
2. A morphism φ : (M,f) → (M, g) is a set of K(i)-linear maps
φ(i) : M(i) → N(i) for all i ∈ Ŝ,
φ(ji) : M(i) → V (ij)N(j) for j ⋖ i,
O. Drozd-Koroleva 39
that satisfy the following conditions:
g(i)φ(0) = (1φ(i))f(i) +
∑
i<j
(µ(0ji)1)(1φ(ij))f(j)
for i ∈ S+ and
g(i)φ(i) = (1φ(0))f(i) +
∑
j<i
(µ(ij0)1)(1g(j))φ(ji)
for i ∈ S−.
We denote by homS(M,N) the set of such morphisms.
Remark. If all skewfields K(i) as well as all bimodules V (ij) coincide
with the basic field k and all maps µ(ikj) are identities, these definitions
coincide with the definitions of representations of bisected posets from
[6]. If all K(i) = k but not necessarily V (ij) = k, we get a slight
generalization of subspace categories of Schurian vector space categories
[11]. Note that in the latter case the problem is never representation
finite.
Representations of a WBS S and their morphisms form a k-linear,
fully additive category repS. The unit morphism IdM in this category
is such that IdM (i) = IdM(i) for each i and all IdM (ij) = 0. Since all
spaces homS(M,N) are finite dimensional, it is a Krull–Schmidt cate-
gory, i.e. every representation uniquely decomposes into a direct sum of
indecomposable ones.
Definition 3. We call a WBS S representation finite if it only has finitely
many non-isomorphic indecomposable representations. Otherwise we call
it representation infinite.
We are going to find a criterion for a WBS to be representation finite
and to describe indecomposable representations in representation finite
case. To do it, just as in [1, 2, 4, 6], we use the Tits form and reflection
functors.
Definition 4. For a WBS S we set di = dimk K(i), dij = dji =
dimk V (ij), consider the real vector space RŜ of functions x : Ŝ → R and
define the Tits form QS as the quadratic form on the space RŜ such that
QS(x) =
∑
i∈Ŝ
dix(i)2 +
∑
i<j
i,j∈S
dijx(i)x(j) −
∑
i∈S
di0x(i)x(0).
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We fix the natural base
{
ei | i ∈ Ŝ
}
in the space RŜ, where ei(j) =
δij and identify a function x : Ŝ → R with the vector (xi | i ∈ Ŝ), where
xi = x(i). For a representation M ∈ repS we define its (vector) dimen-
sion dimM ∈ RŜ as the function i 7→ dimkM(i). Actually, dimM ∈ NŜ;
the latter semigroup we call the semigroup of dimensions for S.
The Tits form is integer in the sense of [12], since di | dij for all
possible i, j. Therefore, (real) roots of this form are defined: they are
vectors that can be obtained from ei by a series of reflections. Recall
that the reflection σi is defined as the unique non-identical linear map
RŜ → RŜ such that σix(j) = x(j) for all j 6= i and QS(σix) = QS(x) for
all x. One easily sees that
d0σ0x(0) =
∑
i∈S
di0x(i) − d0x(0),
diσix(i) = di0x(0) − dix(i) −
∑
j≶i
dijx(j) if i ∈ S.
We write x > 0 and call x positive if x 6= 0 and x(i) ≥ 0 for all i ∈ Ŝ.
Especially, positive roots are defined. Now we are able to formulate the
main theorem of our paper.
Theorem 1. A WBS S is representation finite if and only if its Tits
form is weakly positive, i.e. QS(x) > 0 for each x > 0. Moreover, in
this case
• the dimensions of indecomposable representations of S coincide with
the positive roots of the form QS;
• any two indecomposable representations having equal dimensions
are isomorphic.
The fact that representation finite ness implies weakly positivity of the
Tits form is general for matrix problems. It follows, for instance, from [5].
The proof of other assertions of Theorem 1 relies upon reflection functors,
which we shall construct in the next section. Though this construction
was inspired by [6], its details are more complicated, so we present them
thoroughly.
2. Reflection functors
First we define reflections of WBS themselves.
Definition 5. 1. Given a WBS S, we set:
O. Drozd-Koroleva 41
• V (ii) = K(i) and take for µ(iij) and µ(ijj) the natural iso-
morphisms K(i)V (ij) ≃ V (ij) and V (ij)K(j) ≃ V (ij) as
soon as V (ij) is defined;
• V (ji) = V (ij)∗ as soon as V (ij) is defined;
• µ(kji) and µ(jik) to be the maps corresponding to µ(ikj) via
the isomorphisms (1.1) as soon as µ(ikj) is defined.
One easily checks that the associativity conditions hold for these
maps too, while the non-degeneracy conditions turn into surjectivity
of the maps µ(j0i) for all i, j ∈ S, j < i.
2. We call an element p ∈ Ŝ a source (a sink) if it is a maximal
element of Ŝ− (respectively, a minimal element of Ŝ+). Especially,
0 is a source (a sink) if and only if S− = ∅ (respectively, S+ = ∅).
3. For any source or a sink p we define the reflected WBS Sp with the
same underlying poset and the same values of K(i) as follows:
(a) If p ∈ S− (p ∈ S+) is a source (respectively, a sink), then
S−
p = S− \{ p }, S+
p = S+∪{ p } (respectively, S+
p = S+ \{ p },
S−
p = S− ∪ { p });
(b) If 0 is a source (a sink), then S− = S, S+ = ∅ (respectively,
S+ = S, S− = ∅).
The new values of V (ij) and µ(ikj) are defined as in item (1).
Note that if p is a source (a sink) in Ŝ, it becomes a sink (respectively,
a source) in Ŝp.
We also consider the dual WBS.
Definition 6. Let S be a WBS, M = (M,f) be a representation of S.
The dual WBS S◦ and the dual representation M◦(M◦, f◦) are defined
as follows:
1. As an ordered set, S◦ is opposite to S, i.e. consists of the same
elements, but i < j in S◦ if and only if j < i in S. The bi-
section is given by the rule S◦± = S∓. The skewfields K◦(i) are
opposite to K(i), V ◦(ij) = V (ji) as an K◦(i)-K◦(j)-bimodule, and
µ◦(ikj) = µ(jki) under the natural identification of V ◦(ik)V ◦(kj)
with V (jk)V (ki).
2. M◦(i) = M(i)∗ and f◦(i) = f̃(i)∗, namely,
(a) if i ∈ S◦+ = S−, then f(i) : M(i) → V (i0)M(0), thus f(i)∗ :
M(0)∗V (i0)∗ → M(i)∗ and tif(i)∗ : M(0)∗ = M◦(0) →
M(i)∗V (i0) = V ◦(0i)M◦(i);
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(b) if i ∈ S◦− = S+, then f(i) : M(0) → V (0i)M(i), thus
f(i)∗ : M(i)∗V (0i)∗ → M(0)∗ and f̃(i)∗ : M(i)∗ = M◦(i) →
M(0)∗V (0i) = V ◦(i0)M◦(0).
3. If φ ∈ homS(M,N), we define φ◦ : N◦ →M◦ setting φ◦(i) = φ̃(i)∗
and φ◦(ij) = φ̃(ji)∗.
The following result is then evident.
Proposition 1. Definition 6 establishes a duality functor ◦ : repS →
repS◦, i.e. an equivalence repS → (repS◦)op such that there is a natural
isomorphism M ≃ (M◦)◦. Thus there is a one-to-one correspondence
between indecomposable representations of S and S◦. In particular, S is
representation finite if and only if so is S◦.
We introduce some useful notations.
Definition 7. Let M = (M,f) be a representation of a WBS S, p ∈ S.
We set:
M+(p) =
⊕
p≤i, i∈S+
V (pi)M(i),
M−(p) =
⊕
i≤p, i∈S−
V (pi)M(i),
f+(p) : V (p0)M(0) →M+(p) is the map with the components
f+(pi) : V (p0)M(0)
1f(i)
−−−→ V (p0)V (0i)M(i)
µ(p0i)1
−−−−→ V (pi)M(i),
f−(p) : M−(p) → V (p0)M(0) is the map with the components
f−(pi) : V (pi)M(i)
1f(i)
−−−→ V (pi)V (i0)M(0)
µ(pi0)1
−−−−→ V (p0)M(0).
We define M±(0) and f±(0) by analogous formulae, just omitting condi-
tions “p ≤ i” and “i ≤ p” under the summation sign.
Now we construct the reflection functors Σp : repS → repSp.
Definition 8. Let M = (M,f) be a representations of a WBS S, p ∈ Ŝ
is a source or a sink. We define a representation ΣpM = (M ′, f ′) of the
WBS Sp as follows (in all cases M ′(i) = M(i) for all i 6= p):
1. If p ∈ S− is a source, we set f ′(i) = f(i) for i 6= p, M ′(p) =
ker f+(p)/ Im f−(p), choose a retraction ρM : V (p0)M(0) →
ker f+(p) and set f ′(p) = π̃MρM , where πM is the natural surjec-
tion ker f+(p) →M ′(p).
O. Drozd-Koroleva 43
2. If p = 0 is a source, we set M ′(0) = Cok f+ and f ′(i) = π̃M (i),
where πM (i) is the i-th component of the natural surjection πM :
M+(p) →M ′(0).
3. If p ∈ S+ is a sink, we set f ′(i) = f(i) if i 6= p, M ′(p) =
ker f+(p)/ Im f−(p), choose a section σM : Cok f−p → V (p0)M(0)
and set f ′(p) = σMεM , where εM is the natural injection M ′(p) →
Cok f−(p).
4. If 0 is a sink, we set M ′(0) = ker f−(0) and f ′(i) = ε̃M (i), where
εM (i) is the i-th component of the embedding εM : M ′(0) →M−(0).
Evidently, M ′ is indeed a representation of Sp. In cases 1 and 3 these
definitions depend on the choice of ρM and σM . Nevertheless, Corollary
10 below will show that another choice of ηM and σM gives isomorphic
representations of Sp.
We also define reflected morphisms morphisms.
Definition 9. Keep the notations of Definition 8, and let φ : M → N be a
morphism of representations, where N = (N, g). We define a morphism
Σpφ = φ′ : ΣpM → Σp(N) as follows (again we set φ′(i) = φ(i) and
φ′(ij) = φ(ij) if i 6= p, j 6= p):
1. Let p ∈ S− be a source. Then f+(p) induces an injection Im(1 −
θρM ) →M+(p), where θ is the embedding ker f+(p) → V (p0)M(0),
so we can choose a homomorphism ξ : M+(p) → V (p0)M(0) such
that ξf+(p) = θρM − 1. We set
• φ′(p)(x + Im f−(p)) = (1φ(0))(x) + Im g−(p) for every x ∈
ker f+(p). Note that the definition of morphisms implies that
1φ(0) maps ker f+(p) to ker g+(p) and Im f−(p) to Im g−(p).
• φ′(pi) = ψ̃(i), where i > p, ψ(i) = πNρN (1φ(0))ξ(i) and ξ(i)
is the i-th component of ξ.
2. Let p = 0 be a source. Then we choose a section η : M ′(0) →M+(0)
and set
• φ′(0) = πNφ
+η, where φ+ : M+(0) → N+(0) has the (ij)-th
component 1φ(i) if i = j, (µ(pji)1)(1φ(ij)) if i < j, and 0 if
j < i.
3. Let p ∈ S+ be a sink. Then g−(p) induces an surjection
N−(p) → Im(1 − σNτ), where τ is the natural surjection
V (p0)N(0) → Cok g−(p), so we can choose a homomorphism
η : V (p0)N(0) → N−(p) such that g−(p)η = σNτ − 1. We set
44 Weighted partially orderd sets of finite type
• φ′(p)(x + Im f−(p)) = (1φ(0))(x) + Im g−(p) for every x ∈
ker f+(p).
• φ′(ip) = η(i)(1φ(0))f ′(p), where i < p and η(i) is the i-th
component of η. (Recall that f ′(p) = σMεM .)
4. Let p = 0 be a sink. Then we choose a retraction ξ : N−(0) → N ′(0)
and set
• φ′(0) = ξφ−εM , where φ− : M−(0) → N−(0) has the (ij)-th
component 1φ(i) if i = j, (µ(pji)1)(1φ(ij)) if i < j, and 0 if
j < i.
Again, this construction depends on the choice of ξ or η. Never-
theless, we shall show that, after some non-essential factorization, this
dependence disappears.
Definition 10. We denote by T p the trivial representation at the point
p, i.e. such that T p(p) = k, T p(i) = 0 for i 6= p, by Ip the ideal of
repS generated by the identity morphism of T p and by rep(p) S the factor-
category repS/Ip. We call a representation M T p-free if it has no direct
summands isomorphic to T p.
The construction of ΣpM implies that this representation is always
T p-free. The following result is also evident.
Proposition 2. 1. If p ∈ S−, M is T p-free if and only if
f(p)−1
( ∑
i<p
Im f−(p)(i)
)
= 0.
2. If p ∈ S+, M is T p-free if and only if
f̃(p)
( ⋂
i>p
ker f+(p)(i)
)
= M(p).
3. M is Tω-free if and only if ker f+(ω) ⊆ Im f−(ω).
Proposition 3. We keep the notations of Definitions 8 and 9.
1. Σpφ is indeed a morphism ΣpM → ΣpN .
2. If we choose another homomorphism ξ′ or η′ instead of ξ or η, satis-
fying the same conditions. Denote the obtained morphism ΣpM →
ΣpN by φ′′. Then φ′ − φ′′ ∈ Ip.
O. Drozd-Koroleva 45
Proof. We check the case (3); the case (1) is quite similar and the cases
(2) and (4) are even easier. To prove that φ′ is a morphism, we only have
to verify that
g′(p)φ′(p) = (1φ′(0))f ′(p) +
∑
i<p
(µ(pi0)1)(1g(i))φ′(ip).
First note that φ′(p) coincides with ρ′τ(1φ(0))σMεM , where ρ′ :
Cok g−(p) → N ′(p) is any retraction. Thus
g′(p)φ′(p) = σNεNρ
′τ(1φ(0))σMεM = σNτ(1φ(0))f ′(p).
On the other hand, (µ(pi0)1)(1g(i)) is the i-th component g−(p)(i) of
g−(p). Therefore
(µ(pi0)1)(1g(i))φ′(ip) = g−(p)(i)η(i)(1φ(0))f ′(p) =
= (σN (i)τ(i) − 1)(1φ(0))f ′(p).
Thus also
(1φ′(0))f ′(p) +
∑
i<p
(µ(pi0)1)(1g(i))φ′(ip) = σNτ(1φ(0))f ′(p).
If we choose another η′ such that g−(p)η′ = σNτ − 1 then δ = φ′−φ′′
has all components zero except maybe δ(ip) = γ(i)(1φ(0))f ′(p), where
γ = η − η′ and g−(p)γ = 0. Hence, δ = δ′δ′′, where δ′′ : M ′ → rT p
(r = dimK(p)M
′(p)) has all components zero except δ′′(p) = 1, while
δ′ : rT p → N ′ has all components zero except δ′(ip) = δ(ip). All relations
that we have to verify to show that δ′ and δ′′ are indeed morphisms are
trivial, except the only one for δ′ at the point p. But the latter coincide
with the corresponding relation for δ.
Corollary 1. The constructions of subsections 7 and 8 actually defines
a functor Fp : rep(p) S → rep(p) Sp. In particular, the isomorphism class
of FpM does not depend on the choice of ρM in case 1 or σM in case 3.
Proposition 4. If p is a source or a sink, Fpp ≃ Id, the identity func-
tor of the category rep(p) S. Therefore Fp : rep(p) S → rep(p) Sp is an
equivalence.
Proof. Again we only consider the case 1, when p ∈ S− is a
source. Let M = (M,f) be a T p-free representation of rep(S),
M ′ = (M ′, f ′) = FpM and M ′′ = (M ′′, f ′′) = FpM
′. All com-
ponents of M ′ and M ′′ coincide with those of M except M ′(p) =
ker f+(p)/ Im f−(p), f ′(p) = π̃MρM and M ′′(p) = ker f ′+(p)/ Im f ′−(p),
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f ′′(p) = σM ′εM ′ . By definition, M ′+(p) = M+(p) ⊕ M ′(p) and
f ′+(p)(p) = πMρM , hence ker f ′+(p) = ker f+(p) ∩ kerπMρM =
Im f−(p). Thus M ′′(p) = Im f−(p)/
∑
i<p Im f−(p)(i). By 1 (1), f(p)
is injective and Im f−(p) = Im f(p) ⊕
∑
i<p Im f−(p)(i). Therefore the
natural map ι : M(p) → M ′′(p) is bijective. Moreover, we can choose a
section σM ′ so that εM ′σM ′ coincides with this bijection. Then we obtain
an isomorphism φ : M → M ′′ setting φ(p) = ι, φ(i) = 1 for i 6= p and
φ(ij) = 0 for all possible i, j. Obviously, this construction is functorial
modulo the ideal Ip, so we get an isomorphism of functors Id ≃ Fpp.
Definition 11. 1. Let p = (p1, p2, . . . , pm) be a sequence of elements
of Ŝ. We call it admissible and define Sp by the following recursive
rules:
• If m = 1, p is admissible if and only if p1 is a source or a
sink; then Sp = Sp1
.
• If m > 1, p is admissible if and only if p1 is a source or a sink
in Sq, where q = (p2, p3, . . . , pm); then Sp = (Sq)p1
.
2. If pm is a source (a sink) and, for every k < m, pk is a source
(respectively, a sink) in S(pk+1,pk+2,...,pm), we call the sequence p a
source sequence (respectively, a sink sequence).
3. We set p∗ = (pm, pm−1, . . . , p1).
4. If p is admissible, we denote by Σp the composition Σp1
Σp2
. . . Σpm
and by Ip the ideal in repS generated by the identity morphisms of
the representations T (p1,p2,...,pk) = Σ(p1,p2,...,pk−1)T
pk (1 ≤ k ≤ m).
We set rep(p) S = repS/Ip.
Corollary 2. If a sequence p is admissible, the functor Σp establishes an
equivalence rep(p) S → rep(p∗) Sp, the inverse equivalence being Σp∗ . In
particular, there is a one-to-one correspondence between indecomposable
representations of S and Sp; thus S is representation finite if and only if
so is Sp.
3. Proof of the Main Theorem
Now we are able to prove the sufficiency in Theorem 1. In this section
S denotes a WBS with a weakly positive Tits form. For any dimension
vector d ∈ NŜ we consider the set rep(d,S) of representations of S of
dimension d, namely such representations M ∈ repS that M(i) is a fixed
K(i)-vector space U(i) of dimension d(i). This set can be considered
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as the set of k-valued points of an affine algebraic variety over k. The
dimension of this variety is at most
Q−
S (d) =
∑
i∈S
di0d(i)d(0) −
∑
i≪j
dijd(i)d(j).
Isomorphisms between these representations can be considered as
k-valued elements of a linear algebraic group G(d) of dimension
Q+
S (d) =
∑
i∈Ŝ
did(i)2 +
∑
i⋖j, i,j∈S
dijd(i)d(j).
The isomorphism classes are just the orbits of this group. Note that
QS = Q+
S − Q−
S . We denote by ind(d,S) the subset of indecomposable
representations from rep(d,S).
In what follows we suppose that the field k is infinite (the case of
finite fields can be then treated as in [1], and we omit the details, which
are quite standard). Then one easily sees that the k-valued points are
dense in the variety of representations, as well as in the group G(d).
Especially, if rep(d,S) has finitely many orbits, each component of this
variety is actually a closure of some orbit. Recall that a representation
M of a WBS S is called sincere if M(i) 6= 0 for each i ∈ Ŝ.
We prove the sufficiency using induction on |S|. Especially, we can
suppose that S only has finitely many non-sincere indecomposable rep-
resentations. More precisely, we prove the following result.
Theorem 2. Let S be a WBS with weakly positive Tits form. Then
1. S is representation finite.
2. ind(d,S) 6= ∅ if and only if d is a root of the Tits form. In this case
ind(d,S) consists of a unique orbit, which is dense in rep(d,S).
3. If M is a sincere indecomposable representation of S, there is a
source (as well as a sink) sequence p such that M ≃ ΣpN for a
non-sincere representation N ∈ rep(Sp∗).
Our proof, like that of [6] relies on the following lemmas. (Recall that
we always suppose that the Tits form is weakly positive.)
Lemma 1. Suppose that the assertions of Theorem 2 hold for S. Let
p be a source or a sink in Ŝ, M = (M,f) ∈ ind(d,S), where d 6= ep,
d′ = σpd. Then:
1. If d(p) > 0, the map f+(p) is surjective and the map f−(p) is
injective.
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2. If d(p) = 0, ker f+(p) = Im f−(p).
Proof. It obviously follows from the assertion (2), since the representa-
tions satisfying the claimed conditions form an open subset in rep(d,S).
Lemma 2. If S is a WBS with a weakly positive Tits form, p is a source
or a sink in Ŝ, M ∈ ind(d,S) and d(p) > 0, then f+(p) is surjective and
f−(p) is injective.
The proof of this lemma practically coincide with that of [6, Lemma
3.3], so we omit it.
Corollary 3. If S is a WBS with a weakly positive Tits form, M ∈
ind(d,S), p ∈ Ŝ is a source or a sink in Ŝ and d(p) > 0, then dimΣpM =
σp dimM . Moreover, if N is another representation with the same prop-
erties, homS(M,N) ≃ homSp
(ΣpM,ΣpN).
Since the number of positive roots is finite (it follows from [4, Ap-
pendix]), Corollary 3 implies the assertion (3) of Theorem 2. Since the
assertions (1) and (2) hold for non-sincere representations (by the induc-
tive conjecture), we obtain them for all representations too. It accom-
plishes the proof of Theorem 3.
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Received by the editors: 05.09.2006
and in final form 29.09.2006.
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