Gregg Musiker ; Ralf Schiffler
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Cluster algebras of unpunctured surfaces and snake graphs
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Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science,
January 1, 2009,
DMTCS Proceedings vol. AK, 21st International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2009)
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https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.2685
Cluster algebras of unpunctured surfaces and snake graphsArticle
Authors: Gregg Musiker 1; Ralf Schiffler 2
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Gregg Musiker;Ralf Schiffler
1 Department of Mathematics [MIT]
2 Department of Mathematics [Storrs]
We study cluster algebras with principal coefficient systems that are associated to unpunctured surfaces. We give a direct formula for the Laurent polynomial expansion of cluster variables in these cluster algebras in terms of perfect matchings of a certain graph $G_{T,\gamma}$ that is constructed from the surface by recursive glueing of elementary pieces that we call tiles. We also give a second formula for these Laurent polynomial expansions in terms of subgraphs of the graph $G_{T,\gamma}$ .