Koszul duality explained

In mathematics, Koszul duality, named after the French mathematician Jean-Louis Koszul, is any of various kinds of dualities found in representation theory of Lie algebras, abstract algebras (semisimple algebra)^[1] and topology (e.g., equivariant cohomology^[2]). The prototypical example of Koszul duality was introduced by Joseph Bernstein, Israel Gelfand, and Sergei Gelfand,.^[3] It establishes a duality between the derived category of a symmetric algebra and that of an exterior algebra, as well as the BGG correspondence, which links the stable category of finite-dimensional graded modules over an exterior algebra to the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves on projective space. The importance of the notion rests on the suspicion that Koszul duality seems quite ubiquitous in nature.

Koszul duality for graded modules over Koszul algebras

, the exterior algebra of V has two non-trivial components, namely

This exterior algebra and the symmetric algebra of

, , serve to build a two-step chain complex

whose differential is induced by natural evaluation map

Choosing a basis of V, can be identified with the polynomial ring in one variable, , and the previous chain complex becomes isomorphic to the complex

whose differential is multiplication by t. This computation shows that the cohomology of the above complex is 0 at the left hand term, and is k at the right hand term. In other words, k (regarded as a chain complex concentrated in a single degree) is quasi-isomorphic to the above complex, which provides a close link between the exterior algebra of V and the symmetric algebra of its dual.

Koszul dual of a Koszul algebra

on a finite-dimensional vector space. More generally, any Koszul algebra can be shown to be a quadratic algebra, i.e., of the form where is the tensor algebra on a finite-dimensional vector space, and is a submodule of . The Koszul dual then coincides with the quadratic dual where is the (k-linear) dual and consists of those elements on which the elements of R (i.e., the relations in A) vanish. The Koszul dual of is given by , the exterior algebra on the dual of V. In general, the dual of a Koszul algebra is again a Koszul algebra. Its opposite ring is given by the graded ring of self-extensions of the underlying field k, thought of as an A-module:

Koszul duality

If an algebra

is Koszul, there is an equivalence between certain subcategories of the derived categories of graded - and -modules. These subcategories are defined by certain boundedness conditions on the grading vs. the cohomological degree of a complex.

Variants

As an alternative to passing to certain subcategories of the derived categories of

and to obtain equivalences, it is possible instead to obtain equivalences between certain quotients of the homotopy categories.^[5] Usually these quotients are larger than the derived category, as they are obtained by factoring out some subcategory of the category of acyclic complexes, but they have the advantage that every complex of modules determines some element of the category, without needing to impose boundedness conditions. A different reformulation gives an equivalence between the derived category of and the 'coderived' category of the coalgebra . of Kähler differentials on a smooth algebraic variety X and the -modules.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Koszul duality for operads

An extension of the above concept of Koszul duality was formulated by Ginzburg and Kapranov who introduced the notion of a quadratic operad and defined the quadratic dual of such an operad.^[9] Very roughly, an operad is an algebraic structure consisting of an object of n-ary operations for all n. An algebra over an operad is an object on which these n-ary operations act. For example, there is an operad called the associative operad whose algebras are associative algebras, i.e., depending on the precise context, non-commutative rings (or, depending on the context, non-commutative graded rings, differential graded rings). Algebras over the so-called commutative operad are commutative algebras, i.e., commutative (possibly graded, differential graded) rings. Yet another example is the Lie operad whose algebras are Lie algebras. The quadratic duality mentioned above is such that the associative operad is self-dual, while the commutative and the Lie operad correspond to each other under this duality.

Koszul duality for operads states an equivalence between algebras over dual operads. The special case of associative algebras gives back the functor

mentioned above.

See also

• Zinbiel algebra

References

• Priddy, Stewart B. Koszul resolutions. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 152 (1970), 39–60.

External links

• http://www.math.harvard.edu/~lurie/282ynotes/LectureXXIII-Koszul.pdf
• http://people.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/geordie/Soergel.pdf
• http://arxiv.org/pdf/1109.6117v1.pdf

Notes and References

1. Ben Webster, Koszul algebras and Koszul duality. November 1, 2007
2. [Mark Goresky]
3. [Joseph Bernstein]
4. [Alexander Beilinson]
5. Fløystad. Gunnar. 2006-01-01. Koszul duality and equivalences of categories. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 358. 6. 2373–2398. 10.1090/S0002-9947-05-04035-3. 0002-9947. free. math/0012264.
6. Kapranov, Mikhail M. On DG-modules over the de Rham complex and the vanishing cycles functor. Algebraic geometry (Chicago, IL, 1989), 57–86, Lecture Notes in Math., 1479, Springer, Berlin, 1991.
7. Positselski, Leonid: Two kinds of derived categories, Koszul duality, and comodule-contramodule correspondence., Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 212 (2011), no. 996, vi+133 pp., see Appendix B
8. [Gerd Faltings|Faltings, Gerd]
9. Ginzburg, Victor; Kapranov, Mikhail. Koszul duality for operads. Duke Math. J. 76 (1994), no. 1, 203–272.