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The Lie algebra of rooted planar trees

Representation Theory 2011-09-21 v3 Algebraic Topology Geometric Topology

Abstract

We study a natural Lie algebra structure on the free vector space generated by all rooted planar trees as the associated Lie algebra of the nonsymmetric operad (non-Σ\Sigma operad, preoperad) of rooted planar trees. We determine whether the Lie algebra and some related Lie algebras are finitely generated or not, and prove that a natural surjection called the augmentation homomorphism onto the Lie algebra of polynomial vector fields on the line has no splitting preserving the units.

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@article{arxiv.1105.4713,
  title  = {The Lie algebra of rooted planar trees},
  author = {Tomohiko Ishida and Nariya Kawazumi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.4713},
  year   = {2011}
}

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14 pages