Rooted mutation groups and finite type cluster algebras

Abstract

For a fixed seed $(X, Q)$, a \emph{rooted mutation loop} is a sequence of mutations that preserves $(X, Q)$. The group generated by all rooted mutation loops is called \emph{rooted mutation group} and will be denoted by $\mathcal{M}(Q)$. The \emph{global mutation group} of $(X, Q)$, denoted $\mathcal{M}$, is the group of all mutation sequences subject to the relations on the cluster structure of $(X, Q)$. In this article, we show that two finite type cluster algebras $\mathcal{A}(Q)$ and $\mathcal{A}(Q')$ are isomorphic if and only if their rooted mutation groups are isomorphic and the sets $\mathcal{M}/\mathcal{M}(Q)$ and $\mathcal{M'}/\mathcal{M}(Q')$ are in one to one correspondence. The second main result shows that the group $\mathcal{M}(Q)$ and the set $\mathcal{M}/\mathcal{M}(Q)$ determine the finiteness of the cluster algebra $\mathcal{A}(Q)$ and vice versa.