Cup products, lower central series, and holonomy Lie algebras

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2018.11.006MaRDI QIDQ6282472arXivWikidataFDO

Authors Alexander I. Suciu, He Wang

Publication date 26 January 2017

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graded Lie (super)algebras (17B70) Derived series, central series, and generalizations for groups (20F14) Homological methods in group theory (20J05) Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05) Associated Lie structures for groups (20F40)

Abstract: We generalize basic results relating the associated graded Lie algebra and the holonomy Lie algebra from finitely presented, commutator-relators groups to arbitrary finitely presented groups. In the process, we give an explicit formula for the cup-product in the cohomology of a finite 2-complex, and an algorithm for computing the corresponding holonomy Lie algebra, using a Magnus expansion method. We illustrate our approach with examples drawn from a variety of group-theoretic and topological contexts, such as link groups, one-relator groups, and fundamental groups of orientable Seifert fibered manifolds.

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