Cluster-additive functions on stable translation quivers

Additive functions on translation quivers have played an important role in the representation theory of finite-dimensional algebras, the most prominent ones are the hammock functions introduced by S.?Brenner. When dealing with cluster categories (and cluster-tilted algebras), one should look at a corresponding class of functions defined on stable translation quivers, namely the cluster-additive ones. We conjecture that the cluster-additive functions on a stable translation quiver of Dynkin type $\mathbb{A}_{n}, \mathbb{D}_{n}, \mathbb{E}_{6}, \mathbb {E}_{7}, \mathbb{E}_{8}$ are non-negative linear combinations of cluster-hammock functions (with index set a tilting set). The present paper provides a first study of cluster-additive functions and gives a proof of the conjecture in the case $\mathbb{A}_{n}$ .