Complexity of quiver mutation equivalence

Abstract

We prove $\text{NP-hardness}$ results for determining whether quivers are mutation equivalent to quivers with given properties. Specifically, determining whether a quiver is mutation-equivalent to a quiver with exactly $k$ arrows between any two of its vertices is $\text{NP-hard}$. Also, determining whether a quiver is mutation equivalent to a quiver with no edges between frozen vertices is $\text{strongly NP-hard}$. Finally, we present a characterization of mutation classes of quivers with two mutable vertices.

7 pages