Frobenius categories, Gorenstein algebras and rational surface singularities

Abstract

We give sufficient conditions for a Frobenius category to be equivalent to the category of Gorenstein projective modules over an Iwanaga-Gorenstein ring. We then apply this result to the Frobenius category of special Cohen-Macaulay modules over a rational surface singularity, where we show that the associated stable category is triangle equivalent to the singularity category of a certain discrepant partial resolution of the given rational singularity. In particular, this produces uncountably many Iwanaga-Gorenstein rings of finite Gorenstein projective type. We also apply our method to representation theory, obtaining Auslander-Solberg and Kong type results.