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

Fix inclusions of surfaces Σ0,1Σ1,1Σ2,1\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,1Γj ⁣(limIg,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,1limYjCg,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 g0g\geq 0 and all j1j\geq 1,

ΓjstabIg,1=Ig,1YjCg,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.

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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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