Pre-weight structures, pseudo-identities and canonical derived equivalences

Abstract

We introduce the notion of pre-weight structure on a triangulated category and study the corresponding pseudo-identities. We propose the notion of canonical derived equivalence between algebras that are not necessarily flat, which is associated to a tilting complex. In the flat situation, canonical derived equivalences coincide with standard derived equivalences in the sense of Rickard. We prove that any derived equivalence starting from a hereditary algebra is canonical. The key tool is a general factorization theorem: any derived equivalence is uniquely factorized as a pseudo-identity followed by a canonical derived equivalence.