Abstract. We develop a new approach to cluster algebras based on the notion of an upper cluster algebra, defined as an intersection of Laurent polynomial rings. Strengthening the Laurent phenomenon established in [6], we show that, under an assumption of "acyclicity", a cluster algebra coincides with its "upper" counterpart, and is finitely generated; in this case, we also describe its defining ideal, and construct a standard monomial basis. We prove that the coordinate ring of any double Bruhat cell in a semisimple complex Lie group is naturally isomorphic to an upper cluster algebra explicitly defined in terms of relevant combinatorial data.
Cluster algebras form an axiomatically defined class of commutative rings designed to serve as an algebraic framework for the theory of total positivity and canonical bases in semisimple groups and their quantum analogs. In this paper we introduce and study quantum deformations of cluster algebras.
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