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.
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.
Infinite rank surface cluster algebras extend traditional concepts to surfaces with accumulation points.
problem Extending surface cluster algebras to infinite surfaces with accumulation points.
method Consider infinite mutation sequences and hyperbolic structures to define cluster variables as lambda lengths of arcs.
result Established transitivity of infinite mutation sequences on triangulations of infinite surfaces and provided expansion formulas for cluster variables.
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.
Study character varieties of surfaces using cluster algebras and Poisson structures.
problem Character varieties of surfaces and their Poisson structures.
method Use Bonahon-Wong's trace map and cluster algebras associated with ideal triangulations.
result Recover Goldman Poisson algebra from cluster algebra structure and show automorphisms.
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.
New LP structures for punctured and unpunctured surfaces are discovered.
problem Understanding cluster algebras from surfaces with punctures and non-orientability.
method Extending quasi-cluster algebras to include punctures and adding laminations to surfaces.
result All punctured and unpunctured surfaces admit Laurent phenomenon structures.
The paper expands cluster algebra formulae to non-orientable surfaces and proves positivity.
problem Proving positivity for quasi-cluster algebras from non-orientable surfaces.
method Generalizing Musiker, Schiffler, and Williams' expansion formulae to principal laminations and quasi-triangulations.
result Positivity for quasi-cluster algebras is proven with respect to any choice of coefficients.
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…
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.
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…
New LP-algebras linked to surfaces, orientable and non-orientable.
problem Understanding LP-algebras through surfaces.
method Linking cluster algebras from surfaces to LP-algebras.
result Both orientable and non-orientable surfaces have associated LP-algebras.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
The study explores surgeries on Lagrangian skeleta in 4-manifolds, connecting geometric and algebraic structures.
problem Understanding the combinatorics of exact Lagrangian surfaces in 4-manifolds.
method Analyzes surgeries on Lagrangian skeleta and their impact on the Fukaya category and cluster transformations.
result Induces cluster transformations on spaces of local systems and higher rank local systems.
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.
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.
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. Characterizes pseudo-Anosov mapping classes on general marked surfaces.
problem Stability of mapping classes on marked surfaces.
method Cluster algebraic description and reduction procedure of mapping classes.
result Characterizes pseudo-Anosov mapping classes in terms of uniform sign stability.
Jones and HOMFLY polynomials are derived from cluster C*-algebras.
problem Understanding knot polynomials using algebraic structures.
method Constructing representations of braid groups in cluster C*-algebras.
result Jones and HOMFLY polynomials are topological invariants of braids.
The Dehornoy order on braid groups is derived from a cluster algebra.
problem Deriving the Dehornoy order on braid groups from a cluster algebra.
method Using a tracial state on a cluster C∗-algebra associated to a surface. result The Dehornoy order on B2g+n is recovered from the cluster algebra. 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.
This thesis studies cluster varieties from surfaces and their properties.
problem Understanding the geometry of cluster varieties associated to surfaces.
method Developed properties of symplectic double and defined measured laminations.
result Proved Fock and Goncharov's duality conjectures for quantum cluster varieties.
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 …
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…
New invariant measures loop iterations in algebraic structures.
problem Measuring the asymptotic behavior of loop iterations in algebraic structures.
method Introduced sign stability and cluster stretch factor to measure loops.
result Cluster algebraic entropies match cluster stretch factor.
We study the cluster categories arising from marked surfaces (with punctures and non-empty boundaries). By constructing skewed-gentle algebras, we show that there is a bijection between tagged curves and string objects. Applications include interpreting dimensions of Ext1 as intersection numbers of ta…
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.
Quantum trace maps for surfaces are shown to be compatible under triangulations.
problem Constructing and understanding quantum trace maps for surfaces.
method Developed quantum mutation maps between subalgebras of quantum torus algebras for different triangulations.
result Quantum trace maps are natural and independent of triangulation choices.
We define a canonical map from a certain space of laminations on a punctured surface into the quantized algebra of functions on a cluster variety. We show that this map satisfies a number of special properties conjectured by Fock and Goncharov. Our construction is based on the "quantum trace" map introduced by Bonahon …
This paper concerns cluster algebras with principal coefficients A(S,M) associated to bordered surfaces (S,M), and is a companion to a concurrent work of the authors with Schiffler [MSW2]. Given any (generalized) arc or loop in the surface -- with or without self-intersections -- we associate an element of (the fractio…
Cluster structures on moduli spaces are linked to Legendrian knots.
problem Constructing cluster structures on moduli spaces.
method Quantization of exact Lagrangian fillings corresponding to Legendrian knots.
result Cluster structures can be deduced from Legendrian knots.
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. Cluster C*-algebras' K-theory matches their corresponding cluster algebras.
problem Understanding the K-theory of cluster C*-algebras.
method Proved isomorphism between K_0-group of cluster C*-algebras and cluster algebras.
result Positivity conjecture for cluster algebras is proven more succinctly.
Quantum traces embed into quantum tori for surface skein algebras.
problem Embedding stated skein algebras into quantum tori.
method Two different embeddings using quantum trace maps and lambda length coordinates.
result Quantum cluster algebra of Muller equals reduced stated skein algebra.
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…
We study the arc complex of a surface with marked points in the interior and on the boundary. We prove that the isomorphism type of the arc complex determines the topology of the underlying surface, and that in all but a few cases every automorphism is induced by a homeomorphism of the surface. As an application we ded…
Constructs quivers related to Weyl groups and higher Teichmüller spaces.
problem Understanding the structure of higher Teichmüller spaces.
method Constructs weighted quivers and computes cluster transformations.
result Establishes a correspondence between quivers and higher Teichmüller spaces.
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. 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.
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.
We introduce non-acyclic PGLn(C)-torsion of a 3-manifold with toroidal boundary as an extension of J. Porti's PGL2(C)-torsion, and present an explicit formula of the PGLn(C)-torsion of a mapping torus for a surface with punctures, by using the higher Teichmüler theory due to V. Fock …
The paper studies properties of stated SL(n)-skein algebras and their centers.
problem Properties of stated SL(n)-skein algebras and their centers.
method Quantum trace maps and embeddings into quantum tori.
result Finitely generation and PI-degrees of centers of stated SL(n)-skein algebras.