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Hairy graphs to ribbon graphs via a fixed source graph complex

Quantum Algebra 2020-04-17 v2

Abstract

We show that the hairy graph complex (HGCn,n,d)(HGC_{n,n},d) appears as an associated graded complex of the oriented graph complex (OGCn+1,d)(OGC_{n+1},d), subject to the filtration on the number of targets, or equivalently sources, called the fixed source graph complex. The fixed source graph complex (OGC1,d0)(OGC_1,d_0) maps into the ribbon graph complex RGCRGC, which models the moduli space of Riemann surfaces with marked points. The full differential dd on the oriented graph complex OGCn+1OGC_{n+1} corresponds to the deformed differential d+hd+h on the hairy graph complex HGCn,nHGC_{n,n}, where hh adds a hair. This deformed complex (HGCn,n,d+h)(HGC_{n,n},d+h) is already known to be quasi-isomorphic to standard Kontsevich's graph complex GCn2GC^2_n. This gives a new connection between the standard and the oriented version of Kontsevich's graph complex.

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@article{arxiv.1912.09438,
  title  = {Hairy graphs to ribbon graphs via a fixed source graph complex},
  author = {Assar Andersson and Marko Živković},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.09438},
  year   = {2020}
}
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