Combinatorial interpretations for rank-two cluster algebras of affine type

Details Combinatorial interpretations for rank-two cluster algebras of affine type Combinatorial interpretations for rank-two cluster algebras of affine type

2006-02-19

arxiv.org/abs/math/0602408v5

Electron. J. Combin. 14, no. 1, Research Paper 15 (2007)

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Combinatorics

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Fomin and Zelevinsky show that a certain two-parameter family of rational recurrence relations, here called the (b,c) family, possesses the Laurentness property: for all b,c, each term of the (b,c) sequence can be expressed as a Laurent polynomial in the two initial terms. In the case where the positive integers b,c satisfy bc<4, the recurrence is related to the root systems of finite-dimensional rank 2 Lie algebras; when bc>4, the recurrence is related to Kac-Moody rank 2 Lie algebras of hyperbolic type. Here we investigate the borderline cases bc=4, corresponding to Kac-Moody Lie algebras of affine type. In these cases, we show that the Laurent polynomials arising from the recurence can be viewed as generating functions that enumerate the perfect matchings of certain graphs. By providing combinatorial interpretations of the individual coefficients of these Laurent polynomials, we establish their positivity.

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