Coverings of Laura Algebras: the Standard Case

Abstract

In this paper, we study the covering theory of laura algebras. We prove that if a connected laura algebra is standard (that is, it is not quasi-tilted of canonical type and its connecting components are standard), then this algebra has nice Galois coverings associated to the coverings of the connecting component. As a consequence, we show that the first Hochschild cohomology group of a standard laura algebra vanishes if and only if it has no proper Galois coverings.

The main result on the non-standard case was reformulated due to an inaccuracy in the previous version. Lemma 6.1 was removed due to a simplification. The last section on the special biserial case was removed. Typos corrected and bibliography updated. Final version to appear in Journal of Algebra