Hairy graphs to ribbon graphs via a fixed source graph complex

Publication date 19 December 2019

Abstract: We show that the hairy graph complex

(H G C_{n, n}, d)

appears as an associated graded complex of the oriented graph complex

(O G C_{n + 1}, d)

, subject to the filtration on the number of targets, or equivalently sources, called the fixed source graph complex. The fixed source graph complex

(O G C_{1}, d_{0})

maps into the ribbon graph complex

R G C

, which models the moduli space of Riemann surfaces with marked points. The full differential

d

on the oriented graph complex

O G C_{n + 1}

corresponds to the deformed differential

d + h

on the hairy graph complex

H G C_{n, n}

, where

h

adds a hair. This deformed complex

(H G C_{n, n}, d + h)

is already known to be quasi-isomorphic to standard Kontsevich's graph complex

G C_{n}^{2}

. This gives a new connection between the standard and the oriented version of Kontsevich's graph complex.

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