The Second brick-Brauer-Thrall conjecture for finite-dimensional algebras

Let AA be a finite-dimensional algebra, and let τ\tau denote the Auslander–Reiten translation. Call AA brick-infinite when it has infinitely many pairwise non-isomorphic bricks, and write τ\tau-tilting infinite for the equivalent condition. For a dimension vector d\mathbf{d}, let rep(A,d)\operatorname{rep}(A,\mathbf{d}) be the corresponding representation variety, with its group action whose orbits are isomorphism classes.

Second brick-Brauer-Thrall conjecture. If AA is brick-infinite (equivalently, τ\tau-tilting infinite), there is a dimension vector d\mathbf{d} such that rep(A,d)\operatorname{rep}(A,\mathbf{d}) contains infinitely many orbits of bricks.

This is a conceptual brick analogue of the Second Brauer–Thrall theorem. The statement is presented as an open problem; equivalent formulations in terms of Hom-orthogonal modules and brick-discrete algebras are discussed in the paper.

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Kaveh Mousavand and Charles Paquette, “On the bricks (Schur representations) of finite dimensional algebras”, arXiv:2508.11789 (2025).

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