Cluster algebras of finite mutation type via unfoldings (Q2883873)

Cluster algebras are certain commutative algebras whose definition captures properties of certain advanced analogues of usual reflections called mutations. Up to isomorphism, each cluster algebra is defined by a skew-symmetrizable \(n\times n\) integer matrix. These matrices can be mutated and hence one can speak of a mutation class of a matrix.NEWLINENEWLINEThe main result of the paper under review provides a classification of all skew-symmetrizable exchange matrices with finite mutation class. The authors show that the digram characterizing a mutation-finite skew-symmetrizable matrix admits an unfolding which embeds its mutation class to the mutation class of a mutation-finite skew-symmetric matrix, which reduces the problem to the case when a classification is already known. As a bonus, the authors obtain a correspondence between a large class of skew-symmetrizable mutation-finite cluster algebras and triangulated marked bordered surfaces.