FROM TRIANGULATED CATEGORIES TO CLUSTER ALGEBRAS

Philippe Caldero and Bernhard Keller

The cluster category is a triangulated category introduced for its combinatorial similarities with cluster algebras. We prove that a cluster algebra A of finite type can be realized as a Hall algebra, called the exceptional Hall algebra, of the cluster category. This realization provides a natural basis for A. We prove new results and formulate conjectures on 'good basis' properties, positivity, denominator theorems and toric degenerations.

http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~keller/publ/clustermultabs.html

Bernhard Keller, le 8 juin 2005.
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