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Main Authors: Luo, Xiu-Hua, Schmidmeier, Markus
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22091
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author Luo, Xiu-Hua
Schmidmeier, Markus
author_facet Luo, Xiu-Hua
Schmidmeier, Markus
contents The ring of dual integers is the bounded polynomial ring $\mathbb Z[ε]=\mathbb Z[T]/(T^2)$ with integer coefficients. We describe the (finitely generated) Gorenstein-projective $\mathbb Z[ε]$-modules as the torsionless $\mathbb Z[ε]$-modules, or equivalently, as the perfect differential structures of abelian groups. Moreover, the stable category of G-proj$\mathbb Z[ε]$ modulo projectives is shown to be equivalent to the orbit category $\mathcal D^b(\mathbb Z)/[1]$ of the derived category of the integers and to the homotopy category of perfect differential structures. We note that the category G-proj$\mathbb Z[ε]$ is related to the embeddings of a subgroup in a free abelian group and has a quotient which is equivalent to the category of finite abelian groups. In fact, we present a cube which has as vertices eight related categories and as edges functors which are such that the faces of the cube give rise to commutative diagrams. Among interesting properties in G-proj$\mathbb Z[ε]$, we note that uniqueness of direct sum decomposition fails.
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spellingShingle Gorenstein-Projective Modules over the Ring of Dual Integers
Luo, Xiu-Hua
Schmidmeier, Markus
Representation Theory
18G25(Primary), 20K27(Secondary)
The ring of dual integers is the bounded polynomial ring $\mathbb Z[ε]=\mathbb Z[T]/(T^2)$ with integer coefficients. We describe the (finitely generated) Gorenstein-projective $\mathbb Z[ε]$-modules as the torsionless $\mathbb Z[ε]$-modules, or equivalently, as the perfect differential structures of abelian groups. Moreover, the stable category of G-proj$\mathbb Z[ε]$ modulo projectives is shown to be equivalent to the orbit category $\mathcal D^b(\mathbb Z)/[1]$ of the derived category of the integers and to the homotopy category of perfect differential structures. We note that the category G-proj$\mathbb Z[ε]$ is related to the embeddings of a subgroup in a free abelian group and has a quotient which is equivalent to the category of finite abelian groups. In fact, we present a cube which has as vertices eight related categories and as edges functors which are such that the faces of the cube give rise to commutative diagrams. Among interesting properties in G-proj$\mathbb Z[ε]$, we note that uniqueness of direct sum decomposition fails.
title Gorenstein-Projective Modules over the Ring of Dual Integers
topic Representation Theory
18G25(Primary), 20K27(Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22091