The rank formula conjecture for the third lower central series quotient

Let A=Zx,y/(xm+ym)A=\mathbb{Z}\langle x,y\rangle/(x^m+y^m), and let N3(A)N_3(A) denote the third lower central series quotient, with N3(A)[d]N_3(A)[d] its degree-dd component. Rank formula conjecture. For every degree dd, one has

Rank(N3(A)[d])={3d73dm+16m3d+1m+2d2m0elsewhere.\operatorname{Rank}(N_3(A)[d])=\begin{cases}3d-7 & 3\leq d\leq m+1 \\ 6m-3d+1 & m+2\leq d\leq 2m \\ 0 & \operatorname{elsewhere}. \end{cases}

This conjecture is suggested by computations of the higher lower central series quotients, specifically the case k=3k=3, and predicts the complete graded rank of N3(A)N_3(A). Its resolution would clarify the structure of lower central series quotients for finitely generated algebras over Z\mathbb{Z}.

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Katherine Cordwell, Teng Fei and Kathleen Zhou, “On Lower Central Series Quotients of Finitely Generated Algebras over Z”, arXiv:1309.1237 (2014).

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