We show that a homomorphism of algebras is a categorical epimorphism if and only if all induced morphisms of the associated module varieties are immersions. This enables us to classify all minimal singularities in the subvarieties of modules from homogeneous standard tubes.
We study the possible dimension vectors of indecomposable parabolic bundles on the projective line, and use our answer to solve the problem of characterizing those collections of conjugacy classes of n×n matrices for which one can find matrices in their closures whose product is equal to the identity matrix. Both answers depend on the root system of a Kac-Moody Lie algebra. Our proofs use Ringel’s theory of tubular algebras, work of Mihai on the existence of logarithmic connections, the Riemann-Hilbert...
Various results on the induced representations of group rings are extended to modules over strongly group-graded rings. In particular, a proof of the graded version of Mackey's theorem is given.