On Gorenstein algebras of finite Cohen-Macaulay type: Dimer tree algebras and their skew group algebras

Abstract

Dimer tree algebras are a class of non-commutative Gorenstein algebras of Gorenstein dimension 1. In previous work we showed that the stable category of Cohen-Macaulay modules of a dimer tree algebra A is a 2-cluster category of Dynkin type A. Here we show that, if A has an admissible action by the group G with two elements, then the stable Cohen-Macaulay category of the skew group algebra AG is a 2-cluster category of Dynkin type D. This result is reminiscent of and inspired by a result by Reiten and Riedtmann, who showed that for an admissible G-action on the path algebra of type A the resulting skew group algebra is of type D. Moreover, we provide a geometric model of the syzygy category of AG in terms of a punctured polygon P with a checkerboard pattern in its interior, such that the 2-arcs in P correspond to indecomposable syzygies in AG and 2-pivots correspond to morphisms. In particular, the dimer tree algebras and their skew group algebras are Gorenstein algebras of finite Cohen-Macaulay type A and D respectively. We also provide examples of types E6,E7, and E8.