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Semicanonical basis generators of the cluster algebra of type $A_1^{(1)}$

Rings and Algebras 2007-05-23 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We study the cluster variables and "imaginary" elements of the semicanonical basis for the coefficient-free cluster algebra of affine type A1(1)A_1^{(1)}. A closed formula for the Laurent expansions of these elements was obtained by P.Caldero and the author in math.RT/0604054. As a by-product, there was given a combinatorial interpretation of the Laurent polynomials in question, equivalent to the one obtained by G.Musiker and J.Propp in math.CO/0602408. The arguments in math.RT/0604054 used a geometric interpretation of the Laurent polynomials due to P.Caldero and F.Chapoton (math.RT/0410184). This note provides a quick, self-contained and completely elementary alternative proof of the same results.

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@article{arxiv.math/0606775,
  title  = {Semicanonical basis generators of the cluster algebra of type $A_1^{(1)}$},
  author = {Andrei Zelevinsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606775},
  year   = {2007}
}

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