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Cluster algebras I: Foundations

Author(s): Sergey Fomin; Andrei Zelevinsky
Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 15 (2002), 497-529.
MSC (1991): Primary 14M99; Secondary 17B99
Posted: December 28, 2001
MathSciNet review: 1887642
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Abstract: In an attempt to create an algebraic framework for dual canonical bases and total positivity in semisimple groups, we initiate the study of a new class of commutative algebras.


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Additional Information:

Sergey Fomin
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Email: fomin@umich.edu

Andrei Zelevinsky
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Email: andrei@neu.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0894-0347-01-00385-X
PII: S 0894-0347(01)00385-X
Keywords: Cluster algebra, exchange pattern, Laurent phenomenon
Received by editor(s): April 13, 2001
Received by editor(s) in revised form: October 26, 2001
Posted: December 28, 2001
Additional Notes: The authors were supported in part by NSF grants \#DMS-0049063, \#DMS-0070685 (S.F.), and \#DMS-9971362 (A.Z.)
Dedicated: To the memory of Sergei Kerov
Copyright of article: Copyright 2001, by Sergey Fomin and Andrei Zelevinsky




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