Grassmannians and cluster structures (Q2666373)

Grassmannians are classical mathematical structures that appear in the study of Lie theory, algebraic geometry, combinatorics and many other areas. In these notes Baur introduces Grassmannians and their interplay with cluster theory. The notes have few prerequisites for the first sections, so a student with a good course in linear algebra and some notions of commutative algebra can follow them with no problem. The introduction contains several references and exercises. This proposes a hands-on approach to the reader. By the end of Section 1, the reader can understand the definition of cluster algebra of type A and the relation between cluster algebras and Postnikov diagrams, that is the essence of J. Scott's key theorem in the area. In Section 2 the author introduces quiver with potentials arising from dimer models and the boundary algebra, which is the link to study categorification for cluster algebras in the sense of Jensen-King-Su. By Section 3 the author gives a primer on her latest research on the topic [\textit{K. Baur} et al., Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (3) 113, No. 2, 213--260 (2016; Zbl 1386.13060); Nagoya Math. J. 240, 322--354 (2020; Zbl 1452.05187); Algebra Number Theory 15, No. 1, 29--68 (2021; Zbl 1459.05346)] while still providing several examples and references. This part is more suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in cluster algebras arising from Grassmannians.