The formal Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov associator conjecture

Let A(M0δ)A(M^{\delta}_0) be the cooperadic algebra of Brown's compactified moduli spaces, let Zns(A(M0δ))\boldsymbol{\mathcal{Z}}_{\scriptstyle{\mathrm{ns}}}(A(M^{\delta}_0)) be the associated augmented commutative algebra, and let I(k1,,kr)I(k_1,\ldots,k_r) denote the formal weight corresponding under evaluation to the multiple zeta value ζ(k1,,kr)\zeta(k_1,\ldots,k_r). Write x0,x1x_0,x_1 for the associator variables and QQ for the indecomposable quotient. Formal associator conjecture. There is a formal version

ΦZns(A(M0δ))x0,x1\Phi\in \boldsymbol{\mathcal{Z}}_{\scriptstyle{\mathrm{ns}}}(A(M^{\delta}_0))\langle\langle x_0,x_1\rangle\rangle

of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov Drinfel'd associator, with the I(k1,,kr)I(k_1,\ldots,k_r) as coefficients rather than actual multiple zeta values. Consequently it defines a morphism

grt1Qx01QZns(A(M0δ)).\mathfrak{grt}_1'\oplus\mathbb{Q}x^{01}\longrightarrow Q\boldsymbol{\mathcal{Z}}_{\scriptstyle{\mathrm{ns}}}(A(M^{\delta}_0)).

The conjecture is intended to transfer the associator's relations to the formal weights; in particular, the cited result would imply the double-shuffle relations for the I(k1,,kr)I(k_1,\ldots,k_r).

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Primary source

Johan Alm, “Formal weights in Kontsevich's formality construction and multiple zeta values”, arXiv:1410.8377 (2014).

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