# Homological behavior of idempotent subalgebras and Ext algebras

## TL;DR

This paper explores the relationship between the global dimensions of a Noetherian semiperfect ring and its idempotent subalgebra via homological properties, offering new insights into the Cartan determinant conjecture.

## Contribution

It establishes conditions under which the global dimension of the ring and its subalgebra are equivalent, linking the properties of the Yoneda Ext algebra to the Cartan determinant conjecture.

## Key findings

- Finite global dimension of $Y(e)$ implies finite global dimension of $A$ and $ ext{Gamma}$.
- When $A$ is Koszul and finite dimensional, $Y(e)$ has finite global dimension.
- Finite global dimension of $Y(e)$ ensures the Cartan determinants of $A$ and $ ext{Gamma}$ coincide.

## Abstract

Let $A$ be a (left and right) Noetherian ring that is semiperfect. Let $e$ be an idempotent of $A$ and consider the ring $\Gamma:=(1-e)A(1-e)$ and the semi-simple right $A$-module $S_e : = eA/e{\rm rad}A$. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between the global dimensions of $A$ and $\Gamma$, by using the homological properties of $S_e$. More precisely, we consider the Yoneda ring $Y(e):={\rm Ext}^*_A(S_e,S_e)$ of $e$. We prove that if $Y(e)$ is artinian of finite global dimension, then $A$ has finite global dimension if and only if so is $\Gamma$. We also investigate the situation where both $A,\Gamma$ have finite global dimension. When $A$ is Koszul and finite dimensional, this implies that $Y(e)$ has finite global dimension. We end the paper with a reduction technique to compute the Cartan determiant of artin algebras. We prove that if $Y(e)$ has finite global dimension, then the Cartan determinants of $A$ and $\Gamma$ coincide. This provides a new way to approach the long-standing Cartan determinant conjecture.