Study resolves conjecture linking two algebraic structures on surfaces.
problem Compatibility of skein and cluster algebra structures on surfaces.
method Established compatibility between skein and cluster algebras of surfaces.
result Cluster algebra of positive genus surfaces is not finitely generated.
With any non necessarily orientable unpunctured marked surface (S,M) we associate a commutative algebra, called quasi-cluster algebra, equipped with a distinguished set of generators, called quasi-cluster variables, in bijection with the set of arcs and one-sided simple closed curves in (S,M). Quasi-cluster variables a…
Study of cluster and skein algebras for surfaces, showing their connection.
problem Understanding algebraic structures of curve algebras on surfaces.
method Generalization and explicit definition of maps between cluster and skein algebras.
result Explicit maps between cluster and skein algebras, showing their close relationship.
It is proved that the K_0-group of a cluster C*-algebra is isomorphic to the corresponding cluster algebra. As a corollary, one gets a shorter proof of the positivity conjecture for cluster algebras. As an example, we consider a cluster C*-algebra A(1,1) coming from triangulation of an annulus with one marked point on …
Quantum cluster algebras for surfaces with coefficients defined using skein theory.
problem Defining quantum cluster algebras for surfaces with coefficients.
method Introducing a skein algebra and proving it has a quantum cluster structure.
result The skein algebra of a walled surface naturally generalizes quantum cluster algebras of marked surfaces.
New knot invariants derived using quantum cluster algebras.
problem Deriving new knot invariants from quantum cluster algebras.
method Interpreting R-matrix of Uq(sl2) as cluster transformation, introducing auxiliary parameter ε. result Derives perturbed-Alexander invariants with higher-order terms in ε. We construct geometric realization for non-exceptional mutation-finite cluster algebras by extending the theory of Fomin and Thurston to skew-symmetrizable case. Cluster variables for these algebras are renormalized lambda lengths on certain hyperbolic orbifolds. We also compute growth rate of these cluster algebras, p…
Proves conjecture linking cluster algebras and skein algebras for surfaces with punctures.
problem Cluster and skein algebras on surfaces with punctures.
method Geometric and algebraic methods, including decorated Teichmüller spaces and skein algebras.
result Cluster and skein algebras coincide for surfaces with at least 2 punctures.
Cluster algebras match for specific Lie algebras and surfaces.
problem Matching cluster algebras with upper cluster algebras for certain Lie algebras and surfaces.
method Proof based on moduli space function ring and Wilson lines.
result Cluster algebras match upper cluster algebras for specified Lie algebras and surfaces.
We use Bonahon-Wong's trace map to study character varieties of the once-punctured torus and of the 4-punctured sphere. We clarify a relationship with cluster algebra associated with ideal triangulations of surfaces, and we show that the Goldman Poisson algebra of loops on surfaces is recovered from the Poisson structu…
We generalise the expansion formulae of Musiker, Schiffler and Williams, obtained for cluster algebras from orientable surfaces, to a larger class of coefficients which we call principal laminations. In doing so, for any quasi-cluster algebra from a non-orientable surface, we are able to obtain expansion formulae for e…
Proves log-concavity of cluster algebra coefficients for type An.
problem Log-concavity of cluster algebra coefficients.
method Introduced atomic theta basis and proved log-concavity for type An. result Proved log-concavity of coefficients for cluster algebra variables of type An. We generalise surface cluster algebras to the case of infinite surfaces where the surface contains finitely many accumulation points of boundary marked points. To connect different triangulations of an infinite surface, we consider infinite mutation sequences. We show transitivity of infinite mutation sequences on tria…
We establish basic properties of cluster algebras associated with oriented bordered surfaces with marked points. In particular, we show that the underlying cluster complex of such a cluster algebra does not depend on the choice of coefficients, describe this complex explicitly in terms of "tagged triangulations" of the…
The paper generalizes Thurston's earthquake map to cluster algebras of finite type.
problem Tackling Thurston's earthquake map in the context of cluster algebras of finite type.
method Introducing a cluster algebraic generalization of Thurston's earthquake map, defined by gluing exponential maps.
result Proves an analogue of the earthquake theorem for cluster algebras of finite type, showing the cluster earthquake map is a homeomorphism.
The paper provides presentations for mapping class groups and cluster automorphism groups of surfaces.
problem Presentations of mapping class groups of surfaces stabilizing boundaries.
method Gave presentations of mapping class groups of marked surfaces stabilizing boundaries.
result Presented cluster automorphism groups of cluster algebras from surfaces.
Paper derives matrix formulae and proves skein relations for non-orientable surfaces in quasi-cluster algebras.
problem Understanding quasi-cluster algebras on non-orientable surfaces.
method Developed matrix formulae and proved skein relations for quasi-cluster variables.
result Laurent expansion and skein relations for quasi-cluster variables on non-orientable surfaces.
Investigates webs related to cluster algebras and polylogarithms.
problem Understanding webs associated with cluster algebras and polylogarithms.
method Introducing AMP webs and analyzing their properties, proving results and conjectures.
result Many webs associated with polylogarithms and cluster algebras are AMP webs.
New solutions to 3D integrability equations using quantum cluster algebras.
problem Constructing solutions to the tetrahedron and 3D reflection equations.
method Extending quantum cluster algebra approach to Fock-Goncharov quivers and investigating cluster transformations.
result Explicit formulas for matrix elements of solutions derived for typical representations.
This paper defines several algebras associated to an oriented surface S with a finite set of marked points on the boundary. The first is the skein algebra Skq(S), which is spanned by links in the surface which are allowed to have endpoints at the marked points, modulo several locally defined relations. The product…
New algebra for twice-punctured torus curves.
problem Constructing a new algebra for skein theory.
method Using Heegaard dual of Iwahori--Hecke operator, Dehn twists are represented.
result Automorphisms correspond to Dehn twists on the twice-punctured torus.
Characterizes pseudo-Anosov mapping classes using cluster algebra techniques.
problem Characterize pseudo-Anosov mapping classes purely in terms of shear coordinates.
method Uses cluster algebraic generalization and tropical cluster transformations.
result Algebraic entropies of cluster transformations match topological entropy.
Jones polynomials derived from K-theory of a cluster algebra.
problem Jones polynomials of knots and links.
method K-theory of a cluster C*-algebra of the sphere with two cusps.
result Interplay between Chebyshev and Jones polynomials.
Bracelets and theta bases match in various cluster algebras.
problem Matching bracelet and theta bases in cluster algebras.
method Comparing skein and cluster algebras, defining quantum bracelets, and analyzing cluster scattering diagrams.
result Quantum bracelets coincide with theta functions in various cluster algebras.
We try to give a cluster algebraic interpretation of complex volume of knots. We construct the R-operator from the cluster mutations, and we show that it is regarded as a hyperbolic octahedron. The cluster variables are interpreted as edge parameters used by Zickert in computing complex volume.
Paper translates train track concepts to cluster algebras for pseudo-Anosov mapping classes.
problem Understanding pseudo-Anosov mapping classes on surfaces.
method Using Goncharov--Shen's potential function, the paper translates train track concepts into cluster algebra language.
result Proves sign stability of general pseudo-Anosov mapping classes.
Quantum cluster algebra constructed from web skein relations on surfaces.
problem Quantization of cluster structures on moduli spaces of SL3 local systems.
method Constructing a quantum cluster algebra inside the skew-field of a skein algebra of unpunctured surfaces.
result Laurent expressions of webs in clusters have positive coefficients.
It was shown by Fock, Goncharov and Fomin, Shapiro, Thurston that some cluster algebras arise from triangulated orientable suraces. Subsequently Dupont and Palesi generalised this construction to include unpunctured non-orientable surfaces, giving birth to quasi-cluster algebras. Previously we linked this framework to …
The paper develops a Galois theory for cluster algebras and Riemann surfaces.
problem Building a correspondence between cluster subalgebras and automorphism groups.
method Introducing Galois-like extensions and automorphism groups for cluster algebras.
result Conditions for Galois-like extensions and properties of cluster automorphism groups.
Develops quantum cluster algebra approach to solve tetrahedron equation.
problem Investigates a three-dimensional generalization of the Yang-Baxter equation.
method Quantum cluster algebra approach with realization of quantum Y-variables in terms of q-Weyl algebras.
result Obtains a solution with three spectral parameters and reproduces Sergeev's R matrix.
Study of sp4-webs on surfaces, proving cluster algebra structure.
problem Understanding sp4-webs and their cluster algebra properties. method Introduced skein algebra and cluster structure, proved positivity.
result Proved Ssp4,ΣZq[∂−1] is a quantum cluster algebra. Unified 3D R-matrices from quantum cluster algebra.
problem Constructing new solutions to the tetrahedron equation.
method Symmetric butterfly quiver, quantum cluster algebra, quantum dilogarithms, q-Weyl algebra.
result Unified 3D R-matrices from various sources.
New basis confirms Thurston's conjecture and reveals knot configurations.
problem Understanding cluster algebras and their bases from surfaces.
method Topological construction of band basis and comparison with Kazhdan-Lusztig type basis.
result Common triangular basis matches band basis in quantum cluster algebras.
Integrable dynamics explained via geometric maps and cluster algebras.
problem Integrable dynamics in projective geometry.
method Twisted triple crossing diagram maps and cluster integrable systems.
result Cross-ratio dynamics described by geometric R-matrices. The paper connects knot theory and cluster algebras via dimer face polynomials.
problem Understanding the relationship between knot theory and cluster algebras.
method Analyzing dimer face polynomials and their connections to Alexander polynomials and cluster algebras.
result Dimer face polynomials are multivariate generalizations of Alexander polynomials and F-polynomials in cluster algebras. The paper connects Legendrian links to cluster algebras via microlocal methods.
problem Understanding the relationship between Legendrian links and cluster algebras.
method Microlocal parallel transport of sheaf quantizations of Lagrangian fillings.
result Existence of quasi-cluster A-structures and cluster Poisson structures. Study super cluster algebras from super Plücker and Ptolemy relations.
problem Developing super cluster algebra structure in super Grassmannians.
method Analyzing super Plücker and Ptolemy relations, developing super cluster structure.
result New simple form of super Plücker relations for $\Gr_{r|1}(n|1)$.
We advocate the use of cluster algebras and their y-variables in the study of hyperbolic 3-manifolds. We study hyperbolic structures on the mapping tori of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes of punctured surfaces, and show that cluster y-variables naturally give the solutions of the edge-gluing conditions of ideal tetrahedr…
Study of g-vector cones in cluster algebras from weighted orbifolds.
problem Determine the closure of g-vector cones in cluster algebras. method Analyzing g-vector cones in a cluster algebra defined from a weighted orbifold. result Closure of the union of g-vector cones is Rn except for specific weighted orbifolds. We prove the existence of Lagrangian fillings for Dn-type Legendrian links.
problem Exact Lagrangian fillings of Legendrian links of Dn-type. method Legendrian weave calculus and construction of 1-cycles.
result Existence of a Lagrangian filling represented by a weave.
For any cluster algebra whose underlying combinatorial data can be encoded by a bordered surface with marked points, we construct a geometric realization in terms of suitable decorated Teichmueller space of the surface. On the geometric side, this requires opening the surface at each interior marked point into an addit…
We present a new and very concrete connection between cluster algebras and knot theory. This connection is being made via continued fractions and snake graphs. It is known that the class of 2-bridge knots and links is parametrized by continued fractions, and it has recently been shown that one can associate to each con…
Researchers compute A-polynomials of manifolds using symplectic properties and cluster algebras.
problem Computing A-polynomials of infinite families of knots and related manifolds is difficult.
method Starting with a triangulation, they use symplectic properties of the Neumann-Zagier matrix to simplify the computation.
result The defining equations of A-polynomials of manifolds obtained by Dehn filling are Ptolemy equations.
We construct a representation of the braid groups in a cluster C*-algebra coming from a triangulation of the Riemann surface S with one or two cusps. It is shown that the Laurent polynomials attached to the K-theory of such an algebra are topological invariants of the closure of braids. In particular, the Jones and HOM…
New groups Γnk connect braids and 3-manifolds.
problem Understanding relationships between braids and 3-manifolds.
method Introducing and studying groups Γnk. result Groups Γn4 lead to new relationships between braids and manifolds. Simplified A-polynomial calculation for twisted knots.
problem Calculating A-polynomials for twisted knots.
method Observation of exchange relations in cluster algebra and proof of Laurent phenomenon.
result Simplified method for calculating A-polynomials for twisted knots.
Proves a pentagon relation in skein theory.
problem Developed a skein-theoretic version of cluster theory and conjectured a pentagon relation.
method Topological proof using skein algebra and elliptic Hall algebra.
result Proves the pentagon relation for the skein dilogarithm.
We introduce a C*-algebra A(x,Q) attached to the cluster x and a quiver Q. If Q(T) is the quiver coming from a triangulation T of the Riemann surface S with a finite number of cusps, we prove that the primitive spectrum of A(x,Q(T)) times R is homeomorphic to a generic subset of the Teichmueller space of surface S. We …