Cut vertices in commutative graphs

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Publication:3606489

DOI10.1093/QMATH/HAH040zbMATH Open1187.05029arXivmath/0307364OpenAlexW1984988172MaRDI QIDQ3606489FDOQ3606489

James Conant, Karen Vogtmann, Ferenc Gerlits

Publication date: 26 February 2009

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The homology of Kontsevich's commutative graph complex parameterizes finite type invariants of odd dimensional manifolds. This {it graph homology} is also the twisted homology of Outer Space modulo its boundary, so gives a nice point of contact between geometric group theory and quantum topology. In this paper we give two different proofs (one algebraic, one geometric) that the commutative graph complex is quasi-isomorphic to the quotient complex obtained by modding out by graphs with cut vertices. This quotient complex has the advantage of being smaller and hence more practical for computations. In addition, it supports a Lie bialgebra structure coming from a bracket and cobracket we defined in a previous paper. As an application, we compute the rational homology groups of the commutative graph complex up to rank 7.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0307364




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