Mysterious points in keys but not trees
Combinatorics
2026-03-19 v1 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
The deep locus of a cluster variety is defined to be the set of its points that do not belong to any cluster torus. We show that, if the cluster variety has a seed whose mutable part is a tree without multiple edges, then the deep locus can be characterized as the set of points whose stabilizer under a certain group action is nontrivial. Deep points without a stabilizer are called mysterious. We establish that many other classes of acyclic quivers (including keys) often have mysterious points. This refutes Conjecture 1.1 of arXiv:2402.16970, but establishes it in many important cases.
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@article{arxiv.2603.17890,
title = {Mysterious points in keys but not trees},
author = {Scott Neville and José Simental},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.17890},
year = {2026}
}
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14 pages