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Uniqueness of the non-commutative divergence cocycle

Quantum Algebra 2026-02-02 v2

Abstract

We show that, for n3n \geq 3 , 1-cocycles of degree zero on the Lie algebra of derivations of the free associative algebra T(An)T(A_n) with values in T(An)T(An) \rvert T(A_n) \rvert \otimes \rvert T(A_n) \rvert are linear combinations of the non-commutative divergence and its switch, when restricted to finite-degree quotients. Here, T(An) \rvert T(A_n) \rvert denotes the space of cyclic words. Furthermore, we study 1-cocycles of degree zero on the Lie algebra of symplectic derivations of the free Lie algebra L2n \mathfrak{L_{2n}}, and prove the uniqueness of the Enomoto-Satoh trace.

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@article{arxiv.2511.06903,
  title  = {Uniqueness of the non-commutative divergence cocycle},
  author = {Pauline Baudat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.06903},
  year   = {2026}
}

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