On $d$-term silting objects, torsion classes, and cotorsion classes

For a finite-dimensional algebra $Λ$ over an algebraically closed field $K$, it is known that the poset of $2$-term silting objects in $\mathrm{K}^b(\operatorname{proj}Λ)$ is isomorphic to the poset of functorially finite torsion classes in $\operatorname{mod}Λ$, and to that of complete cotorsion classes in $\mathrm{K}^{[-1,0]}(\operatorname{proj}Λ)$. In this work, we generalise this result to the case of $d$-term silting objects for arbitrary $d\geq 2$ by introducing the notion of torsion classes for extriangulated categories. In particular, we show that the poset of $d$-term silting objects in $\mathrm{K}^b(\operatorname{proj}Λ)$ is isomorphic to the poset of complete and hereditary cotorsion classes in $\mathrm{K}^{[-d+1,0]}(\operatorname{proj}Λ)$, and to that of positive and functorially finite torsion classes in $D^{[-d+2,0]}(\operatorname{mod}Λ)$, an extension-closed subcategory of $D^b(\operatorname{mod}Λ)$. We further show that the posets $\operatorname{cotors}\mathrm{K}^{[-d+1,0]}(\operatorname{proj}Λ)$ and $\operatorname{tors} D^{[-d+2,0]}(\operatorname{mod}Λ)$ are lattices, and that the truncation functor $τ_{\geq -d+2}$ gives an isomorphism between the two.

💡 Research Summary

The paper investigates the relationship between higher‑term silting objects and torsion‑cotorsion theory for a finite‑dimensional algebra Λ over an algebraically closed field. Building on the well‑known correspondence for 2‑term silting objects—where the poset of such objects in K^b(proj Λ) is isomorphic to the poset of functorially finite torsion classes in mod Λ and to the poset of complete cotorsion pairs in K^{