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Koszul algebra

Definition

A positively graded algebra A is called Koszul (after Jean-Louis Koszul) if every graded simple object has a projective resolution where the ith term is generated in grade i. Equivalently, this holds if the internal and homological gradings on the Ext A !=Ext A(A 0,A 0) coincide.

The algebra (A !) op is itself Koszul and is called the Koszul dual of A.

Revised on February 18, 2012 14:21:54 by Urs Schreiber (89.204.130.11)