Ext-quiver conjecture for descent algebras of type A

Let nn and pp be as in the descent algebra setting, let mathop{\Lambda}\nolimits^+_p(n) denote the indexing set of pp-regular partitions, and let Qn,pQ_{n,p} be the Ext quiver of the descent algebra Dn,F\mathscr{D}_{n,{F}}. For λΛ+(n)\lambda\in\Lambda^+(n), write (λ,p)=1(\lambda,p)=1 if pλip\nmid\lambda_i for every i[1,(λ)]i\in[1,\ell(\lambda)], and write (λ,p)1(\lambda,p)\neq1 otherwise. Let Qn,Q_{n,\infty} be the corresponding characteristic-zero Ext quiver, and let p\sim_p denote the equivalence relation used to identify the relevant labels. For vertices v,wv,w of a quiver QQ, let nv,wQn^Q_{v,w} be the number of arrows from vv to ww. Ext-quiver conjecture. For λ,μΛp+(n)\lambda,\mu\in\Lambda^+_p(n), the following hold: if λ=μ\lambda=\mu, then nλ,λQn,p>0n^{Q_{n,p}}_{\lambda,\lambda}>0 if and only if (λ,p)1(\lambda,p)\neq1; if λμ\lambda\neq\mu, there is an arrow λμ\lambda\to\mu in Qn,pQ_{n,p} if and only if there exist δpλ\delta\sim_p\lambda and γpμ\gamma\sim_p\mu such that there is an arrow δγ\delta\to\gamma in Qn,Q_{n,\infty}, and in this case nλ,μQn,p=1n^{Q_{n,p}}_{\lambda,\mu}=1. This conjecture predicts the complete pattern of loops and arrows in the Ext quiver of the descent algebra in characteristic pp from the characteristic-zero Ext quiver and the pp-equivalence classes.

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Karin Erdmann and Kay Jin Lim, “The Representation Type of the Descent Algebras of Type A”, arXiv:2407.06471 (2025).

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