Triangulated structures induced by mutations

Abstract

In representation theory of algebras, there exist two types of mutation pairs: rigid type (cluster-tilting mutations by Iyama-Yoshino) and simple-minded type (mutations of simple-minded systems by Simões-Pauksztello). It is known that such mutation pairs induce triangulated categories, however, these facts have been proved in different ways. In this paper, we introduce the concept of ''mutation triples'', which is a simultaneous generalization of two different types of mutation pairs as well as concentric twin cotorsion pairs. We present two main theorems concerning mutation triples. The first theorem is that mutation triples induce pretriangulated categories. The second one is that pretriangulated categories induced by mutation triples become triangulated categories if they satisfy an additional condition (MT4).