A cluster expansion formula (A_n case)

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Abstract: We consider the Ptolemy cluster algebras, which are cluster algebras of finite type A (with non-trivial coefficients) that have been described by Fomin and Zelevinsky using triangulations of a regular polygon. Given any seed zS in a Ptolemy cluster algebra, we present a formula for the expansion of an arbitrary cluster variable in terms of the cluster variables of the seed zS. Our formula is given in a combinatorial way, using paths on a triangulation of the polygon that corresponds to the seed zS.


Cluster algebras were introduced by \textit{S. Fomin} and \textit{A. Zelevinsky} [J. Am. Math. Soc. 15, No. 2, 497--529 (2002; Zbl 1021.16017)] in order to study the dual canonical basis of a quantized enveloping algebra and the phenomenon of total positivity. Cluster algebras of finite type are classified by the Dynkin diagrams. The article under review gives a formula for the expansion of an arbitrary cluster variable in a cluster algebra of type A (or Ptolemy cluster algebra) in terms of a fixed initial seed. The formula is in terms of paths in the triangulation (of a regular polygon) corresponding to the seed.




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