Riordan trees and the homotopy \(sl_{2}\) weight system (Q338240)

An \(sl_2\) weight system is a \(\mathbb{Q}\)-algebra homomorphism from the space of Jacobi diagrams labeled by \(\{1,\dots, n\}\) to the algebra \(\mathrm{Inv}(S(sl_2 )^{\otimes n})\) of invariant tensors of the symmetric algebra. The paper under review introduces a modification of the dual canonical basis for invariant tensors of the 3-dimensional irreducible representation of \(U_q(sl_2)\), given in terms of Jacobi diagrams. This modified basis is used to study homotopy \(sl_2\) weight systems, which are restrictions of \(sl_2\) weight systems to the space of Jacobi diagrams labeled by distinct integers. Noting that an \(sl_2\) weight system is completely determined by its values on trees, the authors compute the image of the homotopy part on connected trees in all degrees and also describe the kernel and the cokernel of the weight system map.