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Theta bases are atomic

Quantum Algebra 2019-02-20 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

Fock and Goncharov conjectured that the indecomposable universally positive (i.e., atomic) elements of a cluster algebra should form a basis for the algebra. This was shown to be false by Lee-Li-Zelevinsky. However, we find that the theta bases of Gross-Hacking-Keel-Kontsevich do satisfy this conjecture for a slightly modified definition of universal positivity in which one replaces the positive atlas consisting of the clusters by an enlargement we call the scattering atlas. In particular, this uniquely characterizes the theta functions.

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@article{arxiv.1605.03202,
  title  = {Theta bases are atomic},
  author = {Travis Mandel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.03202},
  year   = {2019}
}

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