Invariants of finite-dimensional algebras recognized by the semigroup of conjugacy classes of left ideals

We study the semigroup structure on the set [Formula: see text] of conjugacy classes of left ideals of a finite-dimensional algebra [Formula: see text] over an algebraically closed field [Formula: see text], equipped with the natural multiplication inherited from [Formula: see text], and the structure of the contracted semigroup algebra [Formula: see text]. It is shown that [Formula: see text] has a finite chain of ideals with either nilpotent or completely [Formula: see text]-simple factors with trivial maximal subgroups, so in particular it is locally finite. The ordinary quiver [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] is proved to be a subquiver of [Formula: see text], if [Formula: see text] is finite. Moreover, in this case, the structure of [Formula: see text] determines, up to isomorphism, the structure of the algebra [Formula: see text] modulo its Jacobson radical. Combining these results we show that if the semigroup [Formula: see text] is finite, then it determines the structure of any (not necessarily basic) triangular algebra [Formula: see text] which admits a normed presentation.

THE UNIVERSAL COVER OF A MONOMIAL TRIANGULAR ALGEBRA WITHOUT MULTIPLE ARROWS

Let A be a basic connected finite dimensional algebra over an algebraically closed field k. Assuming that A is monomial and that the ordinary quiver Q of A has no oriented cycle and no multiple arrows, we prove that A admits a universal cover with group the fundamental group of the underlying space of Q.