The universal framed KZB connection conjecture

Let CC be a smooth curve, let Conf(C,n)\operatorname{Conf}(C,n) be the configuration space of nn distinct points on CC, and let Conff(C,n)\operatorname{Conf}^f(C,n) denote its framed version. Let t^g,nf\hat{\mathfrak{t}}_{g,n}^f and t^g,n\hat{\mathfrak{t}}_{g,n} be the completed Lie algebras occurring in the corresponding principal bundles, and let λi\lambda_i be the framing coordinate at the ii-th point. The universal genus gg KZB connection is denoted by g,n,κKZB\nabla_{g,n,\kappa}^{\operatorname{KZB}} with connection form αg,nKZB\alpha_{g,n}^{\operatorname{KZB}}. The universal framed KZB connection conjecture. There is a flat universal framed KZB connection g,n,κfKZB\nabla_{g,n,\kappa}^{f\operatorname{KZB}} defined on the principal exp(t^g,nf)\operatorname{exp}(\hat{\mathfrak{t}}_{g,n}^f)-bundle over Conff(C,n)\operatorname{Conf}^f(C,n) such that its pullback to the associated exp(t^g,nf)\operatorname{exp}(\hat{\mathfrak{t}}_{g,n}^f)-bundle over CnC^n is

g,n,κfKZB:=dαg,nfKZB,\nabla_{g,n,\kappa}^{f\operatorname{KZB}}:=\operatorname{d}-\alpha_{g,n}^{f\operatorname{KZB}},

where

αg,nfKZB:=αg,nKZB+1intid ⁣log(λi).\alpha_{g,n}^{f\operatorname{KZB}}:=\alpha_{g,n}^{\operatorname{KZB}}+\sum_{1\leqslant i\leqslant n}t_i\operatorname{d}\!\log(\lambda_i).

Moreover, the 11-form αg,nfKZB\alpha_{g,n}^{f\operatorname{KZB}} is (C×)n({\mathbb C}^\times)^n-basic, and the induced connection on the exp(t^g,n)\operatorname{exp}(\hat{\mathfrak{t}}_{g,n})-bundle over Conf(C,n)\operatorname{Conf}(C,n) coincides with Enriquez's universal genus gg KZB connection. The conjecture proposes the framed extension needed to study the monodromy relations of higher-genus associators; its resolution status is not given in the source.

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Martin Gonzalez, “Surface Drinfeld Torsors I : Higher Genus Associators”, arXiv:2004.07303 (2020).

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