New approaches to finite generation of cohomology rings

Abstract: In support variety theory, representations of a finite dimensional (Hopf) algebra $A$ can be studied geometrically by associating any representation of $A$ to an algebraic variety using the cohomology ring of $A$. An essential assumption in this theory is the finite generation condition for the cohomology ring of $A$ and that for the corresponding modules. In this paper, we introduce various approaches to study the finite generation condition. First, for any finite dimensional Hopf algebra $A$, we show that the finite generation condition on $A$-modules can be replaced by a condition on any affine commutative $A$-module algebra $R$ under the assumption that $R$ is integral over its invariant subring $R^A$. Next, we use a spectral sequence argument to show that a finite generation condition holds for certain filtered, smash and crossed product algebras in positive characteristic if the related spectral sequences collapse. Finally, if $A$ is defined over a number field over the rationals, we construct another finite dimensional Hopf algebra $A'$ over a finite field, where $A$ can be viewed as a deformation of $A'$, and prove that if the finite generation condition holds for $A'$, then the same condition holds for $A$.