Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA)


SIGMA 12 (2016), 062, 19 pages      arXiv:1509.08405      https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2016.062

Skew-Zigzag Algebras

Chad Couture
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa, 585 King Edward Ave, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada

Received October 02, 2015, in final form June 17, 2016; Published online June 26, 2016

Abstract
We investigate the skew-zigzag algebras introduced by Huerfano and Khovanov. In particular, we relate moduli spaces of such algebras with the cohomology of the corresponding graph.

Key words: zigzag algebra; path algebra; Dynkin diagram; moduli space; graph cohomology.

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