Generation time for tensor products and Koszul objects in triangulated categories
The projective dimension of M⊗RN is bound above by the sum of the projective dimensions of the R-modules M and N. There is a similar relationship for the Loewy length of the tensor product and the modules over a local ring. Both the projective dimension and the Loewy length are instances of level, an invariant that measures the number of cones necessary to obtain a module, or complex, from the ring or the residue field. I will present a result generalizing the above inequalities to enhanced triangulated categories. I will further present applications to Koszul objects, which generalize Koszul complexes. This is joint work with Marc Stephan.