Cohen-Macaulay representations of invariant subrings

We investigate Cohen-Macaulay representations of quotient singularities R: =l[x₁, , xd]G where l is a field and G is a finite group acting on l[x₁, , xd] as a ring, not necessarily as an l-algebra, with |G| not divided by char\, l. In fact, if we put k: =lG, then we may assume that G is a subgroup of GLd (l) Gal (l/k). We show that R has a generator giving an NCCR and therefore when d=2, it is of finite Cohen-Macaulay type. Additionally, we completely describe its Auslander-Reiten quiver, which is often non-simply laced, as a quotient of a certain quiver. Moreover, we also prove that two-dimensional rings of finite Cohen-Macaulay type of equicharacteristic zero are precisely quotient singularities of this form, which generalizes Esnault and Auslander's result. Combining these results, we prove that the quivers that may arise as the Auslander-Reiten quiver of a two-dimensional Gorenstein ring of finite Cohen-Macaulay type of equicharacteristic zero are either doubles of extended Dynkin diagrams or ones having loops. To accomplish these, we establish two results which are of independent interest. First, we prove the existence of (d-1) -almost split sequences for arbitrary Cohen-Macaulay normal rings having NCCR which are not necessarily isolated singularities. Second, we make it possible to determine simple modules over skew group algebras by relating them to those over certain group algebras.