Constructing Endomorphism Rings of Large Finite Global Dimension

Abstract

In this paper we study endomorphism rings of finite global dimension over a ring associated to a numerical semigroup. We construct these endomorphism rings in two ways, called the lazy and greedy construction. The first main result of this paper shows that the lazy construction enables us to obtain endomorphism rings of arbitrarily large global dimension. The second main result of this paper shows that the greedy construction gives us endomorphism rings which always have global dimension two. As a consequence, for a fixed numerical semigroup, the difference of the maximal possible value and the minimal possible value of the global dimension of an endomorphism ring over that numerical semigroup can be arbitrarily large.