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On the Torelli Lie algebra

Algebraic Topology 2023-03-06 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove two theorems about the Malcev Lie algebra associated to the Torelli group of a surface of genus gg: stably, it is Koszul and the kernel of the Johnson homomorphism consists only of trivial Sp2g(Z)Sp_{2g}(\mathbb{Z})-representations lying in the centre.

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@article{arxiv.2106.16010,
  title  = {On the Torelli Lie algebra},
  author = {Alexander Kupers and Oscar Randal-Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.16010},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

41 pages; v2. 45 pages, accepted version to appear in Forum of Mathematics, Pi

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