Dihedral $G$-Hilb via representations of the McKay quiver

Abstract

For a given finite small binary dihedral group $G\subset\mathrm{GL}(2,\mathbf{C})$ we provide an explicit description of the minimal resolution $Y$ of the singularity $\mathbf{C}^{2}/G$. The minimal resolution $Y$ is known to be either the moduli space of $G$-clusters $G$-Hilb$(\mathbf{C}^{2})$, or the equivalent $\mathcal{M}_{\theta}(Q,R)$, the moduli space of $\theta$-stable quiver representations of the McKay quiver. We use both moduli approaches to give an explicit open cover of $Y$, by assigning to every distinguished $G$-graph $\Gamma$ an open set $U_{\Gamma}\subset\mathcal{M}_{\theta}(Q,R)$, and calculating the explicit equation of $U_{\Gamma}$ using the McKay quiver with relations $(Q,R)$.