From the Lie operad to the Grothendieck-Teichmüller group (Q6623634)

The functor \(O\), from the category of properads to the category of operads is such that if \(V\) is a representation of a properad \(P\) in a differential graded space, then the operad \(O(P)\) has a representation on the symmetric algebra of \(V\) given in terms of polydifferential operators. This paper studies the image by \(O\) of the properadic closure of the operad of degree \(d\)-shifted Lie algebras. It is proved that, surprisingly, it is quasi-isomorphic to the Kontsevich graph complex \(GC_d\). When \(d=1\) (classical Lie algebras), this morphism is shown to admit a unique homotopy non-trivial deformation, described with the help of the universal enveloping construction. A new proof of the rigidity of the strongly homotopy version of the universal enveloping functor in the Lie theory is given.