Simple-minded systems and reduction for negative Calabi-Yau triangulated categories
We develop the basic properties of $w$-simple-minded systems in $(-w)$-Calabi-Yau triangulated categories for $w \geq 1$. The main result is a reduction technique for negative Calabi-Yau triangulated categories. We show that the theory of simple-minded systems exhibits striking parallels with that of cluster-tilting objects. Our construction provides an inductive technique for constructing simple-minded systems.