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Compressed Drinfeld associators

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v2 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

Drinfeld associator is a key tool in computing the Kontsevich integral of knots. A Drinfeld associator is a series in two non-commuting variables, satisfying highly complicated algebraic equations - hexagon and pentagon. The logarithm of a Drinfeld associator lives in the Lie algbera L generated by the symbols a,b,c modulo [a,b]=[b,c]=[c,a]. The main result is a description of compressed associators that satisfy the compressed pentagon and hexagon in the quotient L/[[L,L],[L,L]]. The key ingredient is an explicit form of Campbell-Baker-Hausdorff formula in the case when all commutators commute.

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@article{arxiv.math/0408398,
  title  = {Compressed Drinfeld associators},
  author = {V. Kurlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0408398},
  year   = {2007}
}

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36 pages, 5 figures