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The classification of Zamolodchikov periodic quivers

Combinatorics 2019-04-05 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

Zamolodchikov periodicity is a property of certain discrete dynamical systems associated with quivers. It has been shown by Keller to hold for quivers obtained as products of two Dynkin diagrams. We prove that the quivers exhibiting Zamolodchikov periodicity are in bijection with pairs of commuting Cartan matrices of finite type. Such pairs were classified by Stembridge in his study of WW-graphs. The classification includes products of Dynkin diagrams along with four other infinite families, and eight exceptional cases. We provide a proof of Zamolodchikov periodicity for all four remaining infinite families, and verify the exceptional cases using a computer program.

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@article{arxiv.1603.03942,
  title  = {The classification of Zamolodchikov periodic quivers},
  author = {Pavel Galashin and Pavlo Pylyavskyy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.03942},
  year   = {2019}
}

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40 pages, 23 figures. Final version to appear in Amer. J. Math