Let $mathbf{k}$ be an algebraically closed field, and let $Lambda$ be a finite dimensional $mathbf{k}$-algebra. We prove that if $Lambda$ is a Gorenstein algebra, then every finitely generated Cohen-Macaulay $Lambda$-module $V$ whose stable endomorphism ring is isomorphic to $mathbf{k}$ has a universal deformation ring $R(Lambda,V)$, which is a complete local commutative Noetherian $mathbf{k}$-algebra with residue field $mathbf{k}$, and which is also stable under taking syzygies. We investigate a particular non-self-injective Gorenstein algebra $Lambda_0$, which is of infinite global dimension and which has exactly three isomorphism classes of finitely generated indecomposable Cohen-Macaulay $Lambda_0$-modules $V$ whose stable endomorphism ring is isomorphic to $mathbf{k}$. We prove that in this situation, $R(Lambda_0,V)$ is isomorphic either to $mathbf{k}$ or to $mathbf{k}[[t]]/(t^2)$.
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