On Schur algebras and related algebras V: some quasi-hereditary algebras of finite type

Abstract

In a recent paper, Erdmann determined which of the Schur algebras S( n, r) have finite representation type and described the finite type Schur algebras up to Morita equivalence. The present paper grew out of a desire to see Erdmann's results in the more general context of algebras which are quasi-hereditary in the sense of Cline et al. (1988). Weconsider here the class of quasi-hereditary algebras which have a duality fixing simples. This class includes the “generalized Schur algebras” defined and studied by the first author, and the Schur algebras themselves in particular. In the first part we describe the possible Morita types of the quasi-hereditary algebras of finite representation type over an algebraically closed field with duality fixing simples. This is then applied, in the second part, to give the block theoretic refinement of Erdmann's results.