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OpenAI's construction \cite{OpenAI198} gives a complex algebra for which the supremum is infinite. We retain its group, localization, tensor realization, and square-zero extension constructions, and refine their field of definition, test modules, and dimension estimates. For an algebra $A$, let $J_A=\rad A$ denote its Jacobson radical. The Loewy length of a nonzero module $N$ is the least $h\ge1$ with $J_A^hN=0$. An algebra is split basic if $A/J_A$ is a finite product of copies of $k$. We call a module a brick when its endomorphism ring is a division ring; the complex bricks below have endomorphism ring $\C$. \begin{theorem}\label{thm:main} For every field $k$ there are a finite-dimensional split basic $k$-algebra $A$ with $J_A^7=0$, integers $b_*\ge0$ and $l\ge0$, and finite-dimensional left $A$-modules $N_m$, $m\ge1$, such that \[ (b_*+5)(m-1)+1\le\pd_A N_m\le(b_*+5)(m-1)+l+3. \] The modules have Loewy length three, their endomorphism rings are division rings, and $\Hom_A(N_m,N_n)=0$ for $m\ne n$. In particular, $\findim A=\infty$. For $k=\C$ they can be chosen with \[ \dim_{\C}N_m=3\cdot2^{3m},\qquad \End_A(N_m)=\C. \] Every primitive vertex idempotent $\varepsilon$ in this construction satisfies $\varepsilon A\varepsilon=k\varepsilon$. \end{theorem} The proof follows the original construction in \cite{OpenAI198}. A finitely presented group supplies a group algebra $R$, a central idempotent $e$, and an automorphism $\alpha$. For a left $R$-module $Y$, the operation $H(Y)={}_{\alpha}(eY)$ takes the summand $eY$ and lets $r\in R$ act by $\alpha(r)$. We construct simple modules that vanish under precisely the $m$th iteration of $H$. A three-vertex algebra $B$ encodes $R$, and a bounded bimodule complex $P$ realizes $H$ together with a shift by three. A chain algebra records the differential of $P$ in an ordinary bimodule $X$ over an algebra $D$ of finite global dimension. The square-zero extension of $D$ by $X$ converts finite tensor extinction into finite projective dimension. All algebras are associative and unital, and algebra homomorphisms preserve $k$ and the unit. Modules are left modules unless designated right. The notation $\D^b(A\text{-}\modu)$ means the bounded derived category of finite-dimensional left $A$-modules; $\K^b(\proj\text{-}A)$ means the homotopy category of bounded finitely generated projective right $A$-module complexes. The symbol $\otL$ denotes derived tensor product. For a complex $K$ and an integer $n$, write $d_K^n:K^n\to K^{n+1}$ for its differential and $H^n(K)=\ker d_K^n/\operatorname{im}d_K^{n-1}$ for its cohomology. For integers $n,s$, the shift convention is \[ K[s]^n=K^{n+s},\qquad d_{K[s]}^n=(-1)^s d_K^{n+s}. \] A module is regarded as a complex concentrated in degree zero, so its shift by $s$ has cohomology in degree $-s$. Path products and endomorphism products are composed from right to left. \section{A selection process with unbounded extinction} \label{sec:selection} Let $R$ be a unital $k$-algebra, let $e\in R$ be a central idempotent, and let $\alpha:R\to R$ be a unital $k$-algebra endomorphism. For a left $R$-module $Y$, define \begin{equation} H(Y)={}_{\alpha}(eY). \label{eq:selection-functor} \end{equation} Here $eY$ is an $R$-submodule, and the subscript denotes restriction of scalars along $\alpha$: on the vector space $eY$, an element $r\in R$ acts by the original operator $\alpha(r)$. On a module map $f:Y\to Z$, the functor acts by the restriction $f|_{eY}:eY\to eZ$, with both actions twisted by $\alpha$. It is additive and preserves finite dimensionality. For $j\ge0$, write $H^{\circ j}$ for its $j$-fold iterate, with $H^{\circ 0}$ the identity functor; superscripts without a circle on $H$ will denote cohomology of a complex. \begin{proposition} \label{prop:selection} For every field $k$, there exist a finitely presented unital $k$-algebra $R$, a central idempotent $e\in R$, and an automorphism $\alpha$ of $R$ such that, for every integer $m\geq 1$, a finite-dimensional simple left $R$-module $Y_m$ satisfies \begin{equation} H^{\circ j}(Y_m)\neq 0\quad(0\leq jj$. These nonnegative integers count copies in a direct sum. Each $H^{\circ j}(Y)$ is finite-dimensional. \end{proof} \section{Simulation by an ordinary bimodule} \label{sec:ordinary-simulation} We encode the differential of $P$ in an ordinary bimodule. Two derived tensor steps will recover $P\otL_B-$ up to a fixed shift. Choose integers \(a_*\le 0\le b_*\) such that \(P^n=0\) outside \([a_*,b_*]\), enlarging the interval if necessary, and put \(l=b_*-a_*\). Let \(C\) be the algebra of the quiver \[ 0\xrightarrow{c_1}1\xrightarrow{c_2}\cdots \xrightarrow{c_l}l \] modulo all paths of length two. Write \(\varepsilon_i\) for its vertex idempotents, and let \(W\) be the simple \emph{right} \(C\)-module at vertex \(l\). There is a projective resolution of right \(C\)-modules \begin{equation} \label{eq:right-chain-resolution} 0\longrightarrow \varepsilon_0C \xrightarrow{c_1\cdot}\varepsilon_1C \xrightarrow{c_2\cdot}\cdots \xrightarrow{c_l\cdot}\varepsilon_lC \longrightarrow W\longrightarrow0. \end{equation} Indeed, for \(i>0\), the right projective \(\varepsilon_iC\) has basis \(\varepsilon_i,c_i\), and its radical is the right simple at \(i-1\). Left multiplication by \(c_i\) maps \(\varepsilon_{i-1}\) to \(c_i\) and, when \(i>1\), maps \(c_{i-1}\) to zero. This proves exactness, including injectivity at the first term. For \(l=0\), the resolution consists of the isomorphism \(\varepsilon_0C\to W\). Define a \((B\otimes_k C,B)\)-bimodule \(O\) by \[ \varepsilon_iO=P^{a_*+i}, \qquad c_i\big|_{\varepsilon_{i-1}O}=d_P^{a_*+i-1}. \] Here the two \(B\)-actions are those on the terms of \(P\). The relation \(d_P^2=0\) makes this a representation of \(C\), and the bimodule linearity of \(d_P\) makes the \(C\)-action commute with both \(B\)-actions. Thus \(O\) is an ordinary finite-dimensional bimodule. Set \[ D=B\times(B\otimes_k C),\qquad T=B\otimes_k W,\qquad X=O\oplus T. \] Regard \(O\) as having its left action from the second factor of \(D\) and its right action from the first. Regard \(T\) as having its left action from the first factor and its right action from the second, with the regular \(B\)-actions on its \(B\)-factor. These prescriptions define an ordinary finite-dimensional \(D\)-bimodule \(X\). The two summands of \(X\) move complexes between the factors of \(D\), as shown in \Cref{fig:simulation}. Thus two tensor steps return to the first factor; the next proposition identifies their composite. \begin{figure}[htbp] \centering \begin{tikzcd}[column sep=huge] \D^b(B\text{-}\modu) \arrow[r,bend left=22,"O\otL_B-"] & \D^b((B\otimes_k C)\text{-}\modu) \arrow[l,bend left=22,"T\otL_{B\otimes_k C}-"] \end{tikzcd} \caption{The two factors of \(D\) and the tensor functors supplied by the off-diagonal summands of \(X\). Starting on the left, the composite is \(P[b_*]\otL_B-\) by \Cref{prop:ordinary-simulation}.} \label{fig:simulation} \end{figure} \begin{proposition} \label{prop:ordinary-simulation} The algebra \(D\) has finite global dimension on both sides. Let \(F=X\otL_D-\). For every complex \(Z\) of left \(B\)-modules, regarded as a complex on the first factor of \(D\), there is an isomorphism \begin{equation} \label{eq:compression} F^2(Z)\simeq P[b_*]\otL_B Z, \qquad T\otL_{B\otimes_k C}O\simeq P[b_*]. \end{equation} The second isomorphism is an isomorphism of complexes of \(B\)-bimodules, and the first is supported on the first factor of \(D\). \end{proposition} \begin{proof} The vertices of \(B\otimes_k C\) are pairs \((i,j)\), where \(0\le i\le2\) and \(0\le j\le l\). Its diagonal vertex corners are \(k\). A nonzero component between distinct vertices moves in the product of the two directed orders. Assign height $i+j$ to vertex $(i,j)$. Every nonzero off-diagonal component increases height; the algebra on each height layer is a product of copies of $k$. If a left module $M$ is supported in heights at least $r$, where $0\le r\le l+2$, multiplication gives the projective surjection \[ \bigoplus_{i+j\ge r}(B\otimes_k C) (\mathbf e_i\otimes\varepsilon_j)\otimes_k (\mathbf e_i\otimes\varepsilon_j)M\longrightarrow M. \] At each vertex of height $r$, only its own summand contributes, and the map is an isomorphism there. The kernel is therefore supported in heights at least $r+1$. After $l+2$ steps it is supported at the last height, where it is projective. Reversing the order proves the right-module bound. Thus \[ \gldim(B\otimes_k C),\quad \gldim\bigl((B\otimes_k C)^{\mathrm{op}}\bigr)\le l+2. \] The same bound holds for $D$ and $D^{\mathrm{op}}$, since $\gldim B,\gldim B^{\mathrm{op}}\le2$. Tensor \eqref{eq:right-chain-resolution} over \(k\) with the regular \(B\)-bimodule, placing its last projective term in degree zero. This gives a bounded resolution \(Q_T\to T\) by right \(B\otimes_k C\)-projectives, preserving the left \(B\)-action. Also, \(O\) is projective as a right \(B\)-module, being the finite direct sum of the terms of \(P\). Thus \(Q_X=O\oplus Q_T\), with the prescribed block actions, is a bounded right-\(D\)-projective resolution of \(X\) retaining its left \(D\)-action. Ordinary tensor with \(Q_X\) computes \(F\) on every complex. On the first factor, the block supports therefore give \[ F^2(Z)\simeq Q_T\otimes_{B\otimes_k C}(O\otimes_B Z) \cong \bigl(Q_T\otimes_{B\otimes_k C}O\bigr)\otimes_B Z. \] In degree \(n\), for \(-l\le n\le0\), tensoring \(Q_T\) with \(O\) gives \[ \bigl(B\otimes_k\varepsilon_{l+n}C\bigr) \otimes_{B\otimes_k C}O \cong\varepsilon_{l+n}O =P^{a_*+l+n}=P^{b_*+n}. \] The induced differential is \(d_P\). In comparison, the standard differential of \(P[b_*]\) is \((-1)^{b_*}d_P\). Multiplication by \((-1)^{b_*n}\) in degree \(n\) defines a chain isomorphism to \(P[b_*]\); it respects both \(B\)-actions. Since this complex is termwise right-\(B\)-projective, its ordinary tensor with any \(Z\) computes the derived tensor. This proves the second isomorphism in \eqref{eq:compression}, and hence the first. \end{proof} \section{A square-zero extension and projective dimension} \label{sec:square-zero} For a $D$-bimodule $X$, the square-zero extension $D\ltimes X$ is the vector space $D\oplus X$ with multiplication $(d,x)(d',x')=(dd',dx'+xd')$. A derived bar decomposition relates tensor extinction to projective dimension. \subsection{The derived bar decomposition} The splitting below also follows from the graded-component decomposition of Minamoto and Yamaura \cite[Lemma~4.13(4) and the proof of Theorem~4.17]{MinamotoYamaura}, after forgetting the grading and passing to opposite algebras. The direct proof identifies each derived tensor factor and its shift. \begin{proposition} \label{prop:bar-splitting} Let \(D\) be a finite-dimensional \(k\)-algebra, let \(X\) be a finite-dimensional \(D\)-bimodule, and let \(A=D\ltimes X\). Let \(N\) be a left \(D\)-module, inflated to \(A\) through the projection \(A\to D\), and put \(F=X\otL_D-\). In the unbounded derived category $\D(D\text{-}\Mod)$ of all left $D$-modules there is an isomorphism \begin{equation} \label{eq:bar-splitting} D\otL_A N \simeq \bigoplus_{r\ge0}(F^rN)[r]. \end{equation} Here \(F^0N=N\), and every \(F^r\) denotes an iteration of the derived tensor functor. \end{proposition} \begin{proof} Use the ordinary unnormalized bar resolution of \(N\) over the field \(k\). It is a free left \(A\)-resolution with degree \(-n\) term \(A\otimes_k A^{\otimes_k n}\otimes_k N\). Its augmentation is a quasi-isomorphism: the augmented bar complex has the usual \(k\)-linear contraction obtained by inserting the unit. After tensoring with the right \(A\)-module \(D\), it yields a model \(\mathcal B\) for \(D\otL_AN\), with \[ \mathcal B^{-n}=D\otimes_k A^{\otimes_k n}\otimes_k N \qquad(n\ge0). \] Write $\pi:A\to D$ for the projection. For $n\ge1$, the differential on $d\otimes a_1\otimes\cdots\otimes a_n\otimes v$ is \begin{align*} &d\pi(a_1)\otimes a_2\otimes\cdots\otimes a_n\otimes v\\ &\quad+\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}(-1)^i d\otimes a_1\otimes\cdots\otimes(a_i a_{i+1}) \otimes\cdots\otimes a_n\otimes v\\ &\quad+(-1)^n d\otimes a_1\otimes\cdots\otimes a_{n-1} \otimes a_nv . \end{align*} For $n=1$ the middle sum is empty. Expand each internal copy of \(A\) as \(D\oplus X\). Every nonzero face preserves the number of entries from \(X\). Indeed, a product involving exactly one \(X\)-entry remains in \(X\), a product of two \(X\)-entries is zero, and an endpoint action by \(X\) is zero on both \(D\) and \(N\). Thus there is a decomposition of complexes \[ \mathcal B=\bigoplus_{r\ge0}\mathcal B_r, \] where \(\mathcal B_r\) consists of words with precisely \(r\) entries from \(X\). For fixed \(r\), write \(i_0,\ldots,i_r\) for the lengths of the blocks of \(D\)-entries before, between, and after the \(X\)-entries. The corresponding tensor is \begin{equation} \label{eq:bar-block} D\otimes_kD^{\otimes_k i_0}\otimes_k X \otimes_kD^{\otimes_k i_1}\otimes_k\cdots \otimes_k X\otimes_kD^{\otimes_k i_r}\otimes_k N, \end{equation} in degree \(-r-\sum_{j=0}^r i_j\). We identify this with the multiple two-sided bar complex for \begin{equation} \label{eq:derived-multibar} D\otL_D \underbrace{X\otL_D\cdots\otL_D X}_{r\ \text{factors}} \otL_D N, \end{equation} shifted by \(r\). First consider the signs. Within block \(j\), a bar face has alternating-sign offset \[ j+\sum_{hg\). Applying this observation to successive truncation triangles shows inductively that \[ H^q(F^rN)=0\quad\text{unless}\quad -rg\le q\le0. \] For the first assertion, vanishing at \(t\) implies vanishing at every \(r\ge t\). By \eqref{eq:bar-splitting}, \(D\otL_AN\) then has bounded cohomology. Since \(X\) is a nilpotent ideal, it is contained in \(\rad A\), and \[ \rad A=(\rad D)\oplus X, \qquad A/\rad A\cong D/\rad D=:S. \] Derived associativity gives \[ S\otL_A N \simeq S\otL_D(D\otL_A N). \] The right \(D\)-module \(S\) has a finite projective resolution, so this complex also has bounded cohomology. Choose a minimal projective resolution of \(N\) over the finite-dimensional algebra \(A\), using successive projective covers. Its terms are finitely generated, and every differential has image in the radical of its target. Tensoring with \(S=A/\rad A\) therefore annihilates every differential. If \(Q\) is a nonzero finitely generated projective \(A\)-module, then \[ S\otimes_A Q\cong Q/(\rad A)Q\ne0 \] by Nakayama's Lemma. Consequently bounded cohomology of \(S\otL_AN\) forces the minimal resolution to have only finitely many nonzero terms. This proves \(\pd_A N<\infty\). For the second assertion, choose \(q\le0\) with \(H^q(F^rN)\ne0\). Its direct summand in \eqref{eq:bar-splitting} gives \[ H^{q-r}(D\otL_A N)\ne0,\qquad q-r\le-r. \] A projective \(A\)-resolution of \(N\) of length strictly less than \(r\) would make the derived tensor zero in this degree. Hence \(\pd_A N\ge r\), as asserted. \end{proof} With $D$ of finite global dimension, for a bounded complex $Z$ of left $D$-modules with finite-dimensional cohomology, $\pd_D Z$ is the least integer $d$ such that $Z$ is represented by a bounded projective complex zero below degree $-d$; set $\pd_D0=-\infty$. In particular $\pd_D(Z[s])=\pd_D Z+s$. \begin{proposition}\label{prop:exact-pd} Under the hypotheses of \Cref{cor:pd-detection}, if $F^tN=0$ for some $t\ge1$, then \[ \pd_A N=\max_{0\le r0$, every term is at most $(b_*+5)(m-1)+l+3$, giving \begin{equation}\label{eq:linear-bounds} (b_*+5)(m-1)+1\le\pd_A N_m\le(b_*+5)(m-1)+l+3. \end{equation} \section{Radicals and test modules}\label{sec:refinements} \begin{proposition}\label{prop:radical} The algebra $A$ above is split basic, $J_A^7=0$, and $A/J_A\cong k^{3l+6}$. Its primitive vertex corners are $k$. For every nonzero finite-dimensional $R$-module $Y$, the inflated module $M(Y)$ has Loewy length three. For $R$-modules $Y,Z$, \[ \Hom_A(M(Y),M(Z))\cong\Hom_R(Y,Z). \] \end{proposition} \begin{proof} The arrow ideals give $J_B^3=0$, $J_C^2=0$, and split semisimple quotients. Thus \[ J_E=J_B\otimes_k C+B\otimes_kJ_C,\qquad J_E^4=0. \] Indeed the displayed sum is nilpotent and its quotient is a product of copies of $k$; any product of four terms contains three $J_B$ factors or two $J_C$ factors. Also $J_D=J_B\times J_E$ and \[ J_A=J_D\oplus X,\qquad J_A^n=J_D^n+\sum_{i+j=n-1}J_D^iXJ_D^j\quad(n\ge1). \] A word containing two $X$ factors vanishes because $XDX=0$. The summand $O$ has left $E$-action and right $B$-action, so $J_D^iOJ_D^j=0$ if $i\ge4$ or $j\ge3$. For $T$ the bounds are reversed. Thus every term for $n=7$ vanishes. There are $3+3(l+1)=3l+6$ vertices. Since $X$ joins distinct factors of $D$, it contributes nothing to a primitive vertex corner; each such corner of $A$ is $k$. The action on $M(Y)$ factors through $B$, and the image of $J_A$ is $J_B$. The path $s's$ acts as identity from vertex $0$ to vertex $2$. Therefore $J_A^2M(Y)\ne0$ and $J_A^3M(Y)=0$. A $B$-module map $M(Y)\to M(Z)$ has three components. Commutation with $s,s'$ makes them equal, and commutation with the arrows $a_h$ makes their common value $R$-linear. Inflation preserves these morphisms, proving the Hom identity. \end{proof} \subsection{Explicit complex representations} For $k=\C$ use $p=2$. For $m\ge1$ set $S_m=\F_2[t]/(t^m-1)$. Each element has a unique representative $\sum_{r=0}^{m-1}a_rt^r$. Define $\lambda_m:S_m\to\F_2$ by $\lambda_m(\sum a_rt^r)=a_{m-1}$. On the complex vector space \[ Y_m^{\mathrm{exp}}=\bigoplus_{x\in S_m^3}\C v_x \] the vectors $v_x$ form a basis indexed by $S_m^3$. Let $I$ be the $3\times3$ identity matrix. Write $e_i$ for the $i$th coordinate vector in $S_m^3$, $E_{ij}$ for the $3\times3$ matrix unit. Define, for $i,j,\ell\in\{1,2,3\}$, $i\ne j$, and $r\in\Z$, \begin{align*} T_\ell v_x&=v_{x+(t-1)x_\ell e_\ell},& U_i(r)v_x&=(-1)^{\lambda_m(t^rx_i)}v_x,\\ V_i(r)v_x&=v_{x+t^re_i},& W_{ij}(r)v_x&=v_{(I+t^rE_{ij})x}. \end{align*} The exponent of $-1$ is read as $0$ or $1$. \begin{proposition}\label{prop:explicit} These operators define a simple $R$-module of dimension $2^{3m}$ satisfying \eqref{eq:extinction}. \end{proposition} \begin{proof} Conjugation by $T_\ell$ changes the parameter of $U_i$ by $-\delta_{\ell i}$, that of $V_i$ by $\delta_{\ell i}$, and that of $W_{ij}$ by $\delta_{\ell i}-\delta_{\ell j}$. Computing on $v_x$ gives \[ [U_i(r),W_{ij}(s)]=U_j(r+s),\qquad [W_{ij}(r),V_j(s)]=V_i(r+s), \] and $[U_i(r),V_i(s)]$ acts as $(-1)^{\lambda_m(t^{r+s})}$. The remaining commutations follow from their coordinate supports, and $U_i(r)^2=1$. Thus all defining relations hold. The elements $z_0,\ldots,z_{m-2}$ act as $1$ and $z_{m-1}$ as $-1$, giving the required extinction. The pairing $(a,b)\mapsto\lambda_m(ab)$ on $S_m$ is nondegenerate: in the basis $1,t,\ldots,t^{m-1}$ its matrix has entry $1$ exactly when the two exponents sum to $m-1$ modulo $m$, a permutation matrix. For $a\in S_m^3$, products of the operators $U_i(r)$ therefore give the diagonal operator $U(a)v_y=(-1)^{\lambda_m(\sum_i a_iy_i)}v_y$. For fixed $x\in S_m^3$, the operator \[ 2^{-3m}\sum_{a\in S_m^3} (-1)^{\lambda_m(\sum_i a_ix_i)}U(a) \] acts on $v_y$ by the scalar $2^{-3m}\sum_a(-1)^{\lambda_m(\sum_i a_i(x_i+y_i))}$. If $y=x$, every term is $1$. If $y\ne x$, nondegeneracy supplies $a_0$ with $\lambda_m(\sum_i(a_0)_i(x_i+y_i))=1$; translation $a\mapsto a+a_0$ pairs terms of opposite signs. The operator is therefore the projection onto $\C v_x$. A nonzero vector in an invariant subspace has a nonzero coefficient at some $v_x$, so this projection puts $v_x$ in the subspace. The elements $1,t,\ldots,t^{m-1}$ span $S_m$ additively, and products of the $V_i(r)$ translate $x$ to any element of $S_m^3$. The subspace is consequently all of $Y_m^{\mathrm{exp}}$. \end{proof} \begin{proof}[Proof of \Cref{thm:main}] Use the simple modules from \Cref{prop:selection}, or those from \Cref{prop:explicit} over $\C$. Schur's lemma makes their endomorphism rings division rings, and over $\C$ these rings are $\C$. Different extinction times imply that the simple modules are nonisomorphic, so their mutual Hom spaces vanish. Proposition~\ref{prop:radical} transports these conclusions and gives Loewy length three and all assertions about $A$. Each encoding has three copies of its input space, giving $3\cdot2^{3m}$ in the explicit case. Finally \eqref{eq:linear-bounds} proves the claimed bounds and $\findim A=\infty$. \end{proof} \subsection{Size and other odd shifts} With $d$ generators in the quadratic presentation of $R$ and relation basis $\mathcal R$, counting vertices, arrows, and length-two paths gives \[ \dim_k B=3+2(d+1)+(d+1)^2-|\mathcal R|. \] Since $\dim_k C=2l+1$ and $\dim_k W=1$, the construction gives \[ \dim_k A=(2l+3)\dim_k B+\sum_n\dim_k P^n. \] The support and the terms of $P$ depend on the chosen lifts. \begin{proposition} For every odd integer $s\ge3$, the realization theorem remains valid with $[3]$ replaced by $[s]$, with a complex $P$ chosen for that $s$. \end{proposition} \begin{proof} In the notation of \Cref{lem:odd-double}, suppose an object $S_{s-2}$ represents $U\oplus U[s-2]$, and $S_1$ represents $U\oplus U[1]$. Take the map $S_{s-2}[1]\to S_1$ that is identity on their common $U[1]$ and zero on the other summands. Fullness of the embedding into the idempotent completion supplies the map in the original category. Its cone represents $U\oplus U[s]$. Starting with $S_1$ proves the assertion for every odd $s$. The same finite diagram lifting and rectification apply. The final truncation triangle splits because $\Ext_B^{s+1}(M(HY),M(HY))=0$ for $s\ge3$. \end{proof} For $\Phi=P\otL_B-$ as above and $j\ge0$, let $\ker\Phi^j$ be the full subcategory of objects $Z$ with $\Phi^j(Z)\simeq0$. These are thick subcategories of $\D^b(B\text{-}\modu)$: they are closed under shifts, cones, and direct summands because $\Phi$ is an exact additive functor. These kernels form a strictly increasing chain $\ker\Phi^j\subsetneq\ker\Phi^{j+1}$ for $j\ge0$, where $\Phi^0$ is the identity. Indeed $M(Y_{j+1})$ lies in the latter kernel and not in the former, by the iteration formula. \section{Left--right asymmetry} The big finitistic dimension $\Findim A$ is defined as $\findim A$ with all left modules allowed in the supremum. Thus $\Findim A\ge\findim A$. Injective modules generate when the smallest triangulated subcategory of the unbounded derived category containing them and closed under arbitrary coproducts is the whole category. Rickard's theorem \cite[Theorem~4.3]{Rickard2019}, applied to the opposite algebra, implies that injective left modules do not generate for the algebra $A$ of Theorem~\ref{thm:main}. The following consequence over $\C$ is retained from \cite{OpenAI198}. \begin{corollary} There is a finite-dimensional complex algebra $\Lambda$ such that \[ \findim\Lambda=\Findim\Lambda=\infty,\qquad \findim(\Lambda^{\mathrm{op}})=\Findim(\Lambda^{\mathrm{op}})=0. \] Injective left $\Lambda$-modules do not generate, whereas injective right $\Lambda$-modules generate. \end{corollary} \begin{proof} Take $k=\C$. The algebra $A^{\mathrm{op}}$ is basic by Proposition~\ref{prop:radical}. Choose its primitive vertex idempotents $e_1,\ldots,e_n$, and let $S_i=e_iA^{\mathrm{op}}/e_iJ_{A^{\mathrm{op}}}$ be the corresponding simple right modules. Set \[ E_{\mathrm{aux}}=\prod_{i=1}^n\C[\epsilon_i]/(\epsilon_i^2), \quad U_{\mathrm{aux}}=\bigoplus_{i=1}^n S_i, \quad \widetilde\Lambda= \begin{pmatrix}A^{\mathrm{op}}&0\\U_{\mathrm{aux}}&E_{\mathrm{aux}}\end{pmatrix}. \] The left $E_{\mathrm{aux}}$-action on $U_{\mathrm{aux}}$ factors through $E_{\mathrm{aux}}/J_{E_{\mathrm{aux}}}=\C^n$, with its $i$th factor acting on $S_i$. This is \cite[Construction~2.1]{Cummings2024}. Set $\Lambda=\widetilde\Lambda^{\mathrm{op}}$. We give the module calculations underlying \cite[Propositions~3.2--3.3 and 4.4]{Cummings2024}. A projective right $A^{\mathrm{op}}$-module, placed on the old vertices with zero component on the new vertices, is projective over $\widetilde\Lambda$. Inflation preserves exactness and radical differentials, so an inflated minimal projective resolution remains minimal. Its length is unchanged. The finite-dimensional left $A$-modules $N_m$ therefore give finite-dimensional right $\widetilde\Lambda$-modules of the same unbounded finite projective dimensions. Equivalently, $\findim\Lambda=\Findim\Lambda=\infty$. For each $i$, let $f_i$ be the idempotent of the $i$th factor of $E_{\mathrm{aux}}$. As a right $\widetilde\Lambda$-module, $f_i\widetilde\Lambda$ has radical $S_i\oplus\C\epsilon_i$ and one-dimensional top supported at $f_i$. Its radical is annihilated by $J_{\widetilde\Lambda}$. Let $L_i$ be the simple right $\Lambda$-module at $f_i$, let $\widehat S_i$ be the dual of $S_i$ supported on the old vertices, and put $I_i=\Hom_{\C}(f_i\widetilde\Lambda,\C)$, an injective right $\Lambda$-module. Dualizing the radical sequence over $\C$ gives the inclusion $u_i$ and quotient map $v_i$ in the exact sequence \[ 0\longrightarrow L_i\xrightarrow{u_i}I_i \xrightarrow{v_i}\widehat S_i\oplus L_i\longrightarrow0. \] The modules $\widehat S_i,L_i$ exhaust the simple right $\Lambda$-modules. In particular, each simple right module is a quotient of an injective module. This quotient property forces every right $\Lambda$-module of finite projective dimension to be projective. Indeed, finite-dimensional algebras have projective covers for arbitrary modules. If a module had finite projective dimension $d>0$, its minimal resolution would end in an inclusion $0\ne K\hookrightarrow P$ with $K$ projective and $K\subseteq PJ_\Lambda$. Nilpotence of $J_\Lambda$ implies $K/KJ_\Lambda\ne0$, so choose a simple quotient $q:K\to S$. Choose an injective module mapping onto $S$. Projectivity of $K$ lifts $q$ to this injective module, and injectivity extends that lift to $P$. The resulting map $P\to S$ restricts to $q$ on $K$ but annihilates $PJ_\Lambda$, a contradiction. Thus $\findim(\Lambda^{\mathrm{op}})=\Findim(\Lambda^{\mathrm{op}})=0$. To check injective generation on the right, fix $i$ and let $\operatorname{pr}_{L_i}$ and $\operatorname{pr}_{\widehat S_i}$ be the projections of $\widehat S_i\oplus L_i$. Set $\delta_i=u_i\operatorname{pr}_{L_i}v_i:I_i\to I_i$. The equality $v_iu_i=0$ implies \[ \delta_i^2=0,\qquad \operatorname{im}\delta_i=u_iL_i,\qquad \ker\delta_i=v_i^{-1}(\widehat S_i\oplus0). \] Let $K_i$ have term $I_i$ in degrees $n\le0$, zero in degrees $n>0$, and differential $\delta_i$ in every negative degree. Define a zero-differential complex $H_i$ by \[ H_i^n=\begin{cases} \widehat S_i,&n<0,\\ \widehat S_i\oplus L_i,&n=0,\\ 0,&n>0. \end{cases} \] The maps $K_i^n\to H_i^n$ given by $\operatorname{pr}_{\widehat S_i}v_i$ for $n<0$ and by $v_i$ for $n=0$ form a chain map, since $v_i\delta_i=0$. In negative degrees its induced map is the isomorphism $\ker\delta_i/u_iL_i\to\widehat S_i$; in degree zero it is $I_i/u_iL_i\to\widehat S_i\oplus L_i$. Hence $K_i\simeq H_i$. For $a\ge0$, let $K_{i,a}$ be the subcomplex of $K_i$ supported in degrees $-a,\ldots,0$, with the inherited differentials. Each is a bounded complex of injectives. The inclusions $K_{i,a}\to K_{i,a+1}$ have colimit $K_i$. Let $\mathrm{shift}$ send summand $a$ of $\bigoplus_{a\ge0}K_{i,a}$ into summand $a+1$ by that inclusion. There is a degreewise exact sequence of complexes \[ 0\longrightarrow\bigoplus_{a\ge0}K_{i,a} \xrightarrow{\,1-\mathrm{shift}\,}\bigoplus_{a\ge0}K_{i,a} \longrightarrow K_i\longrightarrow0, \] The associated triangle puts $K_i$ in the triangulated subcategory generated by injectives and coproducts. Such a subcategory is closed under direct summands: the same telescope construction applied to a repeated idempotent on an object gives its image. Since $H_i$ has zero differential, both $\widehat S_i$ and $L_i$ are direct summands of $H_i$. Thus all simple right modules belong to this subcategory. A composition series then puts the regular module $\Lambda$ in it; the regular module generates the unbounded derived category. Injective right $\Lambda$-modules therefore generate. 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