The enough $g$-pairs property and denominator vectors of cluster algebras

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the enough $g$-pairs property for a principal coefficients cluster algebra, which can be understood as a strong version of the sign-coherence of the $G$-matrices. Then we prove that any skew-symmetrizable principal coefficients cluster algebra has the enough $g$-pairs property. As an application, we prove the positivity of denominator vectors for any skew-symmetrizable cluster algebra. In fact, we give complete answers to some long standing conjectures on denominator vectors of cluster variables (see Conjecture 1.1 below), which are proposed by Fomin and Zelevinsky in [Compos. Math. 143(2007), 112-164]. In addition, we prove that the seeds whose clusters contain particular cluster variables form a connected subgraph of the exchange graph of this cluster algebra. Lastly, a criterion to distinguish whether particular cluster variables belong to one common cluster is given.