Relative Calabi–Yau structures and ice quivers with potential
In 2015, Van den Bergh showed that complete $3$-Calabi-Yau algebras over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $0$ are equivalent to Ginzburg dg algebras associated with quivers with potential. He also proved the natural generalisation to higher dimensions and non-algebraically closed ground fields. The relative version of the notion of Ginzburg dg algebra is that of Ginzburg morphism. For example, every ice quiver with potential gives rise to a Ginzburg morphism. We generalise Van den Bergh's theorem by showing that, under suitable assumptions, any morphism with a relative Calabi-Yau structure is equivalent to a Ginzburg(-Lazaroiu) morphism. In particular, in dimension $3$ and over an algebraically closed ground field of characteristic $0$, it is given by an ice quiver with potential. Thanks to the work of Bozec-Calaque-Scherotzke, this result can also be viewed as a noncommutative analogue of Joyce-Safronov's Lagrangian neighbourhood theorem in derived symplectic geometry.
Authors
- Bernhard Keller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4493-2040)
- Junyang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7252-1900)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advances in Mathematics
- Published
- 2026-07-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2026.111142
- Primary Topic
- Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Scholarship Council