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Cluster algebras and category \(\mathcal O\) for representations of Borel subalgebras of quantum affine algebras. (English) Zbl 1390.17025

Summary: Let \(\mathcal O\) be the category of representations of the Borel subalgebra of a quantum affine algebra introduced by Jimbo and the first author. We show that the Grothendieck ring of a certain monoidal subcategory of \(\mathcal O\) has the structure of a cluster algebra of infinite rank, with an initial seed consisting of prefundamental representations. In particular, the celebrated Baxter relations for the 6-vertex model get interpreted as Fomin-Zelevinsky mutation relations.

MSC:

17B37 Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations
13F60 Cluster algebras
17B10 Representations of Lie algebras and Lie superalgebras, algebraic theory (weights)
82B23 Exactly solvable models; Bethe ansatz