Caldero-Chapoton algebras

Motivated by the representation theory of quivers with potentials introduced by Derksen, Weyman and Zelevinsky and by work of Caldero and Chapoton, who gave explicit formulae for the cluster variables of Dynkin quivers, we associate a Caldero-Chapoton algebra to any (possibly infinite dimensional) basic algebra. By definition, the Caldero-Chapoton algebra is (as a vector space) generated by the Caldero-Chapoton functions of the decorated representations of the basic algebra. The Caldero-Chapoton algebra associated to the Jacobian algebra of a quiver with potential is closely related to the cluster algebra and the upper cluster algebra of the quiver. The set of generic Caldero-Chapoton functions, which conjecturally forms a basis of the Caldero-Chapoton algebra) is parametrized by the strongly reduced components of the varieties of representations of the Jacobian algebra and was introduced by Geiss, Leclerc and Schr\"oer. Plamondon parametrized the strongly reduced components for finite-dimensional basic algebras. We generalize this to arbitrary basic algebras. Furthermore, we prove a decomposition theorem for strongly reduced components. Thanks to the decomposition theorem, all generic Caldero-Chapoton functions can be seen as generalized cluster monomials. As another application, we obtain a new proof for the sign-coherence of g-vectors. Caldero-Chapoton algebras lead to several general conjectures on cluster algebras.Comment: 35 pages. v2: Corrected the definition of a generic E-invariant and also a short list of minor inaccuracies and typos. Final version to appear in Transactions AM

Generic cluster characters

Let \CC be a Hom-finite triangulated 2-Calabi-Yau category with a cluster-tilting object $T$. Under a constructibility condition we prove the existence of a set \mathcal G^T(\CC) of generic values of the cluster character associated to $T$. If \CC has a cluster structure in the sense of Buan-Iyama-Reiten-Scott, \mathcal G^T(\CC) contains the set of cluster monomials of the corresponding cluster algebra. Moreover, these sets coincide if $\mathcal C$ has finitely many indecomposable objects. When \CC is the cluster category of an acyclic quiver and $T$ is the canonical cluster-tilting object, this set coincides with the set of generic variables previously introduced by the author in the context of acyclic cluster algebras. In particular, it allows to construct $\Z$-linear bases in acyclic cluster algebras.Comment: 24 pages. Final Version. In particular, a new section studying an explicit example was adde

Generalised friezes and a modified Caldero-Chapoton map depending on a rigid object, II

It is an important aspect of cluster theory that cluster categories are "categorifications" of cluster algebras. This is expressed formally by the (original) Caldero-Chapoton map X which sends certain objects of cluster categories to elements of cluster algebras. Let \tau c --> b --> c be an Auslander-Reiten triangle. The map X has the salient property that X(\tau c)X(c) - X(b) = 1. This is part of the definition of a so-called frieze. The construction of X depends on a cluster tilting object. In a previous paper, we introduced a modified Caldero-Chapoton map \rho depending on a rigid object; these are more general than cluster tilting objects. The map \rho sends objects of sufficiently nice triangulated categories to integers and has the key property that \rho(\tau c)\rho(c) - \rho(b) is 0 or 1. This is part of the definition of what we call a generalised frieze. Here we develop the theory further by constructing a modified Caldero-Chapoton map, still depending on a rigid object, which sends objects of sufficiently nice triangulated categories to elements of a commutative ring A. We derive conditions under which the map is a generalised frieze, and show how the conditions can be satisfied if A is a Laurent polynomial ring over the integers. The new map is a proper generalisation of the maps X and \rho.Comment: 16 pages; final accepted version to appear in Bulletin des Sciences Math\'ematique

Cluster algebras as Hall algebras of quiver representations

Recent articles have shown the connection between representation theory of quivers and the theory of cluster algebras. In this article, we prove that some cluster algebras of type ADE can be recovered from the data of the corresponding quiver representation category. This also provides some explicit formulas for cluster variables.Comment: 17 pages ; 2 figures ; the title has changed ! some other minor modification