Isomorphism conjecture for the tree-to-quasi-Lie map

Let HH be a free abelian group, let L(H)L'(H) be the free quasi-Lie algebra on HH, and let Akt(H)\mathcal A_k^t(H) be the abelian group generated by labelled planar binary trees of the relevant degree modulo the anti-symmetry and IHX relations. Let Dk(H)\mathsf D'_k(H) be the kernel of the bracket map

HLk+1(H)Lk+2(H).H\otimes L'_{k+1}(H)\longrightarrow L'_{k+2}(H).

The map ηk:Akt(H)Dk(H)\eta'_k:\mathcal A_k^t(H)\to\mathsf D'_k(H) sends each labelled binary tree to the sum of the rooted trees obtained by designating each leaf as the root. Isomorphism conjecture. The map

ηk:Akt(H)Dk(H)\eta'_k:\mathcal A_k^t(H)\longrightarrow\mathsf D'_k(H)

is an isomorphism for every kk.

The source proves that ηk\eta'_k is a split surjection and that its kernel is torsion annihilated by k+2k+2, with a parity-dependent description. The conjecture asks that this torsion kernel always vanish; no resolution is supplied.

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Primary source

Jerome Levine, “Addendum and correction to: Homology cylinders: an enlargement of the mapping class group”, arXiv:math/0207290 (2002).

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