Cluster algebras. II: Finite type classification

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Abstract: This paper continues the study of cluster algebras initiated in math.RT/0104151. Its main result is the complete classification of the cluster algebras of finite type, i.e., those with finitely many clusters. This classification turns out to be identical to the Cartan-Killing classification of semisimple Lie algebras and finite root systems, which is intriguing since in most cases, the symmetry exhibited by the Cartan-Killing type of a cluster algebra is not at all apparent from its geometric origin. The combinatorial structure behind a cluster algebra of finite type is captured by its cluster complex. We identify this complex as the normal fan of a generalized associahedron introduced and studied in hep-th/0111053 and math.CO/0202004. Another essential combinatorial ingredient of our arguments is a new characterization of the Dynkin diagrams.


For part I see the authors' paper in J. Am. Math. Soc. 15, No. 2, 497--529 (2002; Zbl 1021.16017). The authors introduced cluster algebras with a motivation to understand the structure of ``dual canonical bases for the homogeneous coordinate rings of algebraic varieties related to semi-simple algebraic groups. The cluster algebra structure describes these rings inside an ambient field by a distinguished family of generators called ``cluster variables. A cluster algebra is said to be of finite type if it has a finite number of cluster variables. In this paper, the authors provide a complete classification of cluster algebras of finite type.




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