Stable equality conjecture for the Torelli lower central series and Y-filtration

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Fix inclusions of surfaces Σ0,1⊂Σ1,1⊂Σ2,1⊂⋯\Sigma_{0,1}\subset\Sigma_{1,1}\subset\Sigma_{2,1}\subset\cdots. Regard the Torelli group Ig,1\mathcal{I}_{g,1} and the monoid of homology cylinders Cg,1\mathcal{C}_{g,1} inside their stable direct limits, and define

ΓjstabIg,1:=Ig,1∩Γj ⁣(lim→⁡Ig,1),\Gamma^{\mathrm{stab}}_j\mathcal{I}_{g,1}:=\mathcal{I}_{g,1}\cap\Gamma_j\!\left(\varinjlim\mathcal{I}_{g,1}\right),

with the stabilized Y-filtration given by YjstabCg,1:=Cg,1∩lim→⁡YjCg,1Y_j^{\mathrm{stab}}\mathcal{C}_{g,1}:=\mathcal{C}_{g,1}\cap\varinjlim Y_j\mathcal{C}_{g,1}. The claim concerns the intersection of the Y-filtration with the Torelli group.

Stable equality conjecture. For any g≥0g\geq 0 and all j≥1j\geq 1,

ΓjstabIg,1=Ig,1∩YjCg,1.\Gamma^{\mathrm{stab}}_j\mathcal{I}_{g,1}=\mathcal{I}_{g,1}\cap Y_j\mathcal{C}_{g,1}.

The preceding proposition establishes stability of the Y-filtration itself, while equality with the stabilized lower central series remains conjectural. This is presented as an equivalent formulation of the stable injectivity conjecture.

References

Primary source

Kazuo Habiro and Gwenael Massuyeau, “Symplectic Jacobi diagrams and the Lie algebra of homology cylinders”, arXiv:0712.0093 (2009).

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