Greedy bases in rank 2 quantum cluster algebras

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jul 8;111(27):9712-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1313078111. Epub 2014 Jun 30.

Abstract

We identify a quantum lift of the greedy basis for rank 2 coefficient-free cluster algebras. Our main result is that our construction does not depend on the choice of initial cluster, that it builds all cluster monomials, and that it produces bar-invariant elements. We also present several conjectures related to this quantum greedy basis and the triangular basis of Berenstein and Zelevinsky.

Keywords: standard monomial basis; triangular basis.