Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Let A be a finite-dimensional algebra over an algebraically closed field. By module is meant a finitely generated right module. A module T^ is called a tilting module if and there exists an exact sequence 0 → A^ → T' → T" → 0 with T'. T" direct sums of summands of T. Let B = End T^·T^ is called separating (respectively, splitting) if every indecomposable A-module M (respectively, B-module N) is such that either Hom^(T,M) = 0 or (respectively, N ⊗ T = 0 or . We prove that A is hereditary provided the quiver of A has no oriented cycles and every separating tilting module is splitting.