Kaplansky Classes and Cotorsion Theories of Complexes

Abstract

In this article we provide arguments for constructing Kaplansky classes in the category of complexes out of a Kaplansky class of modules. This leads to several complete cotorsion theories in such categories. Our method gives a unified proof for most of the known cotorsion theories in the category of complexes and can be applied to the category of quasi-coherent sheaves over a scheme as well as the category of the representations of a quiver.