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For the Kronecker quiver representation with arrows $I$ and $N=\left(\begin{array}{cc}0& 1\\ 0& 0\end{array}\right)$, an endomorphism $(P,Q)$ satisfies $Q=P$ and $PN=NP$. Solving the second equation givesThus this representation is indecomposable but is not a brick: its endomorphism ring is a local endomorphism ring, while the nonzero endomorphism $N$ is nilpotent.

For a general indecomposable non-brick, the proof of Ringel lemma on bricks finds a proper indecomposable submodule with nonzero self-extensions. Repetition in strictly decreasing dimension reaches a brick module $Y\subset X$ with ${\mathrm{Ext}}_Q^1(Y,Y)\ne 0$. The linked proof supplies the minimal-rank, retraction and hereditary-extension steps.

Now assume the Tits form of a quiver is positive definite. If an indecomposable $X$ were not a brick, this $Y$ would give the contradictionHence $X$ is a brick. For its nonzero dimension vector $\mathbf{n}$, positivity and integrality then implyThus every indecomposable in this case is a rigid brick. This deduction uses the Ringel lemma on bricks and the Ringel form, without requiring the full Gabriel theorem.

Use the allowed Ringel lemma on bricks in the following precise form: a finite-dimensional indecomposable quiver representation that is not a brick module contains a nonzero brick $B$ with ${\mathrm{Ext}}_Q^1(B,B)\ne 0$.

Suppose such a nonbrick indecomposable existed, and let $\mathbf{b}=\dim B$. The Tits form of a quiver is $q_Q(\mathbf{b})=⟨\mathbf{b},\mathbf{b}{⟩}_Q$, so the Ringel form identity would givePositive definiteness gives $q_Q(\mathbf{b})>0$ for nonzero $\mathbf{b}$, a contradiction. Therefore every indecomposable is a brick.

The standard projective resolution of a quiver representation has length one, even for quivers with oriented cycles. Thus every path algebra is a hereditary ring, and higher extension groups vanish. Applying a long exact sequence of Ext groups to $0\to I\to K\to C\to 0$ gives a surjection ${\mathrm{Ext}}^1(K,W)\twoheadrightarrow {\mathrm{Ext}}^1(I,W)$, since the next term ${\mathrm{Ext}}^2(C,W)$ is zero. This is the hereditary step in the Ringel lemma on bricks.

The Ringel lemma on bricks makes every indecomposable a brick module; positive definiteness and the Ringel form then force $q_Q=1$ and rigidity. Conversely, a maximal-orbit representation at a positive root cannot split: nonzero cross extensions increase orbit dimension, while vanishing cross extensions make the quadratic form of a split sum at least two. Open dense orbits give uniqueness. A compact bound on the integer roots gives finite representation type.

The quadratic form is $q_Q(\mathbf{n})=⟨\mathbf{n},\mathbf{n}{⟩}_Q={\sum }_i{n}_i^2-{\sum }_{\rho :i\to j}{n}_i{n}_j$. It depends on the underlying graph rather than its orientation. For a representation it equals $\dim {\mathrm{End}}_Q(X)-\dim {\mathrm{Ext}}_Q^1(X,X)$. Its positive definiteness forces indecomposables to be rigid brick modules, using the Ringel lemma on bricks.