Author: Eiko

Tags: quiver representation, dynkin, reflection functor, ADE

Time: 2024-11-19 21:21:13 - 2024-11-19 21:21:13 (UTC)

Gabriel’s Theorem

states that quivers with finite number of indecomposables corresponds to Dynkin quivers.

Finite Type Quivers

A quiver is of finite type iff for every dimension vector, the set of indeomposable representation with such dimension vector is finite.

  • If \(Q\) if of finite type, it would imply that there is finite number of isomorphism classes of representations of dimension vector \(v\) for any \(v\). So the group action on \(\mathrm{Rep}(Q)\) has finite number of orbits.

  • As a result, there must be a maximal orbit \(O\) which has maximal dimension \(\dim O = \dim \mathrm{Rep}(Q,v)\). So by orbit formula \(\dim O_x = \dim G - \dim G_x\) and the fact that \(K^\times \subset G_x\), we have

    \[ \dim \mathrm{Rep}(Q,v) = \dim O = \dim G - \dim G_x \le \dim G - 1.\]

  • Since \(\dim \mathrm{Rep}(Q,v)\ge \dim O\), We always have

    \[ \dim G_x \ge \langle v, v \rangle_Q.\]

  • Note that \(1\le \dim G - \dim \mathrm{Rep}(Q,v) = \sum v_i^2 - \sum v_s v_t = \langle v, v \rangle_Q\) is the Cartan form of \(Q\), therefore the quadratic form Tits form is positive definite, hence \(Q\) must be Dynkin.

In summary, a maximal dimension orbit exists for \(v\) would imply \(\langle v, v\rangle_Q \ge 1\).

Reflection Functors

Given a quiver \(Q\),

  • a sink is a point \(i\in Q_0\) such that arrows only go in.

  • a source is similar a point where arrows only go out.

  • For a sink \(i\in Q\), we define a converter \(s_i^+\) that sends \(Q\) to \(Q'\), which inverts all the arrow attaching \(i\), coverting a sink to a source. Similarly a map \(s_i^-\) converting a source to a sink.

  • If \(Q\) as undirected quiver, is a tree, then arrow orientations are connected with each other by successive applications of the two quiver converters.

The reflection functors are defined by

  • For a sink \(i\in Q\),

    \[\Phi_i^+ : \mathrm{Rep}(Q) \to \mathrm{Rep}(s_i^+Q), \quad \begin{cases} V_i \mapsto \ker(\bigoplus_{k\to i} V_k \to V_i) \\ V_j\mapsto V_j\quad (j\neq i) \end{cases}\]

  • For a source \(i\in Q\),

    \[\Phi_i^- : \mathrm{Rep}(Q) \to \mathrm{Rep}(s_i^-Q), \quad \begin{cases} V_i \mapsto \mathrm{coker}(V_i \to \bigoplus_{i\to k} V_k) \\ V_j\mapsto V_j\quad (j\neq i) \end{cases}\]