Mutation of $n$-cotorsion pairs in extriangulated categories

Abstract

In this article, we introduce the notion of $n$-cotorsion pairs in extriangulated categories, which extends both the cotorsion pairs established by Nakaoka and Palu and the $n$-cotorsion pairs in triangulated categories developed by Chang and Zhou. We further prove that any mutation of an $n$-cotorsion pair remains an $n$-cotorsion pair. As applications, we provide a geometric characterization of $n$-cotorsion pairs in $n$-cluster categories of type $A_{\infty}$, and we realize mutations of $n$-cotorsion pairs geometrically via rotations of certain configurations of $n$-admissible arcs.