The stable lower central series conjecture for the Torelli group

Let Σg,1\Sigma_{g,1} be a compact oriented surface with one boundary component, let Ig,1\mathcal{I}_{g,1} be its Torelli group, and let ICg,1\mathcal{IC}_{g,1} be the monoid of homology cylinders over it. Let c:Ig,1ICg,1\mathbf{c}:\mathcal{I}_{g,1}\to\mathcal{IC}_{g,1} be the mapping-cylinder map. For k1k\ge 1, write ΓkstabIg,1\Gamma_k^{\operatorname{stab}}\mathcal{I}_{g,1} for the stable lower central series defined using the direct limit of Torelli groups.

Stable lower central series conjecture. The lower central series of the Torelli group stably coincides with the restriction of the YY-filtration:

k1,ΓkstabIg,1=c1(YkICg,1).\forall k\geq 1,\quad \Gamma_k^{\operatorname{stab}}\mathcal{I}_{g,1}=\mathbf{c}^{-1}\left(Y_k\mathcal{IC}_{g,1}\right).

This conjecture places the stable lower central series exactly at the level of the YY-filtration, refining the inclusions between the lower central, YY-, and Johnson filtrations. The supplied text gives no resolution status.

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Kazuo Habiro and Gwenael Massuyeau, “From mapping class groups to monoids of homology cobordisms: a survey”, arXiv:1003.2512 (2012).

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