Auslander–Reiten quiver

For a finite-dimensional algebra, the Auslander–Reiten quiver has one vertex for each isomorphism class of finite-dimensional indecomposable modules, and its arrows record irreducible module homomorphisms. A homomorphism is irreducible when it is neither a split injection nor a split surjection and every factorization forces the first map to split injectively or the second to split surjectively.

For a self-injective finite-dimensional algebra, remove the projective vertices from its Auslander–Reiten quiver. The resulting stable quiver has vertices the nonprojective indecomposable modules. Its translation sends the end term of an almost-split exact sequence to its start term. In particular a quiver of shape $\mathbb{Z}{A}_s/⟨{\tau }^e⟩$ has $es$ vertices.