If V is a vector space over a field F, then we consider the projection from the tensor algebra to the symmetric algebra, ρT,S:T(V)→S(V). Our main result, in §1, gives a description of kerρT,S. Explicitly, we consider the Z≥2-graded T(V)-bimodule T(V)⊗Λ2(V)⊗T(V) and we define M(V)=(T(V)⊗Λ2(V)⊗T(V))/WM(V), where WM(V) is the subbimodule of T(V)⊗Λ2(V)⊗T(V) generated by [x,y]⊗ξ⊗z∧t−x∧y⊗ξ⊗[z,t], with x,y,z,t∈V and ξ∈T(V). [x,y∧z]+[y,z∧x]+[z,x∧y], with x,y,z∈V. (If η∈T(V) and ξ∈T(V)⊗Λ2(V)⊗T(V) (or vice-versa) then [η,ξ]:=η⊗ξ−ξ⊗η∈T(V)⊗Λ2(V)⊗T(V).) Then M(V) is a Z≥2-graded T(V)-bimodule. If η∈T(V)⊗Λ2(V)⊗T(V) the we denote by [η] its class in M(V). Theorem We have an exact sequence 0→M(V)ρM,TT(V)ρT,SS(V)→0, where ρM,T is given by [η⊗x∧y⊗ξ]↦η⊗[x,y]⊗ξ∀x,y∈V, η,ξ∈T(V). In §2 we define the graded algebra S′(V)=T(V)/WS′(V), where S′(V)⊆T(V) is the ideal generated by x⊗y⊗z−y⊗z⊗x, x,y,z∈V, and we prove that there is a n exact sequence 0→Λ≥2(V)ρΛ≥2,S′S′(V)ρS′,SS(V)→0. When we consider the homogeneous parts of degree 2 we have M2(V)=Λ2(V) and S′2(V)=T2(V). Then both short exact sequences above become 0→Λ2(V)→T2(V)→S2(V)→0 where the first morphism is given by x∧y↦[x,y]=x⊗y−y⊗x, a well known result.
@article{arxiv.1912.03515,
title = {On the kernel of the projection map $T(V)\to S(V)$},
author = {Constantin-Nicolae Beli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.03515},
year = {2019}
}