The explicit equivalence between the standard and the logarithmic star product for Lie algebras. I. (Q456622): Difference between revisions

This paper gives an explicit proof of the equivalence between the standard and the logarithmic star product on the symmetric algebra of a Lie algebra. Let us recall that Kontsevich's formality theorem stipulates the existence of a star product on any Poisson manifold. Kontsevich's work enables also to endow the symmetric algebra \(S(g)\) of a Lie algebra \(g\) with a star-product \(\ast\) and to obtain an isomorphism of associative algebras between \((S(g),\ast)\) and \((U(g),.)\). In this article, the author establishes an explicit equivalence between \((S(g),\ast_{\log})\) and \((U(g),.)\), where \(\ast_{\log}\) is the logarithmic star product. This result is a consequence of the logarithmic version of the formality theorem. The link between the equivalence result and the Grothendieck-Teichmüller group is also pointed out.