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A stabilizer interpretation of the Grothendieck-Teichmüller group $\mathsf{GRT}_1(\mathbf k)$

Quantum Algebra 2026-07-10 v1

Abstract

If u\mathfrak u and v\mathfrak v are Lie algebras, then the product Out(u)×Out(v)\mathrm{Out}(\mathfrak u)\times \mathrm{Out}(\mathfrak v) of their outer automorphism groups naturally acts on the set of outer Lie algebra morphisms from u\mathfrak u to v\mathfrak v; the stabilizer of the outer class of a given such morphism is then a subgroup of Out(u)×Out(v)\mathrm{Out}(\mathfrak u)\times \mathrm{Out}(\mathfrak v). We show that this leads to two related interpretation of the Grothendieck-Teichm\"uller group GRT1(k)\mathsf{GRT}_1(\mathbf k), where u,v\mathfrak u,\mathfrak v are the Lie algebra of infinitesimal braids on the plane (resp. framed infinitesimal braids on the sphere) with 3 and 4 (resp. 4 and 5) strands: namely, it can be expressed as the joint intersection of the stabilizer groups of the outer classes of certain strand doubling morphisms ϕ\phi and ψ\psi with Out(u)×Out(v)\mathrm{Out}^*(\mathfrak u)\times\mathrm{Out}(\mathfrak v), where Out(u)\mathrm{Out}^*(\mathfrak u) is a subgroup of Out(u)\mathrm{Out}(\mathfrak u) of outer classes of inertia-preserving automorphisms of u\mathfrak u.

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@article{arxiv.2607.09231,
  title  = {A stabilizer interpretation of the Grothendieck-Teichmüller group $\mathsf{GRT}_1(\mathbf k)$},
  author = {Benjamin Enriquez and Hidekazu Furusho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.09231},
  year   = {2026}
}

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