The Extension Dimension of Abelian Categories

Abstract: Let $\A$ be an abelian category having enough projective objects and enough injective objects. We prove that if $\A$ admits an additive generating object, then the extension dimension and the weak resolution dimension of $\A$ are identical, and they are at most the representation dimension of $\A$ minus two. By using it, for a right Morita ring $\La$, we establish the relation between the extension dimension of the category $\mod \La$ of finitely generated right $\Lambda$-modules and the representation dimension as well as the right global dimension of $\Lambda$. In particular, we give an upper bound for the extension dimension of $\mod \Lambda$ in terms of the projective dimension of certain class of simple right $\Lambda$-modules and the radical layer length of $\Lambda$. In addition, we investigate the behavior of the extension dimension under some ring extensions and recollements.