From subcategories to the entire module categories

Abstract

Abstract In this paper we show that how the representation theory of subcategories (of the category of modules over an Artin algebra) can be connected to the representation theory of all modules over some algebra. The subcategories dealing with are some certain subcategories of the morphism categories (including submodule categories studied recently by Ringel and Schmidmeier) and of the Gorenstein projective modules over (relative) stable Auslander algebras. These two kinds of subcategories, as will be seen, are closely related to each other. To make such a connection, we will define a functor from each type of the subcategories to the category of modules over some Artin algebra. It is shown that to compute the almost split sequences in the subcategories it is enough to do the computation with help of the corresponding functors in the category of modules over some Artin algebra which is known and easier to work. Then as an application the most part of Auslander–Reiten quiver of the subcategories is obtained only by the Auslander–Reiten quiver of an appropriate algebra and next adding the remaining vertices and arrows in an obvious way. As a special case, when Λ is a Gorenstein Artin algebra of finite representation type, then the subcategories of Gorenstein projective modules over the 2 × 2 {2\times 2} lower triangular matrix algebra over Λ and the stable Auslander algebra of Λ can be estimated by the category of modules over the stable Cohen–Macaulay Auslander algebra of Λ.