Cyclic operads and algebra of chord diagrams

DOI10.1007/S00029-002-8106-2MaRDI QIDQ699671zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Vladimir Hinich, Arkady Vaintrob

Publication date 25 September 2002

Published in Selecta Mathematica. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0005197

zbMATH Keywords

Casimir Lie algebrachord diagramcyclic operadmodular operadVassiliev invariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Loop space machines and operads in algebraic topology (55P48)

Abstract: We prove that the algebra $calA$ of chord diagrams, the dual to the associated graded algebra of Vassiliev knot invariants, is isomorphic to the universal enveloping algebra of a Casimir Lie algebra in a certain tensor category (the PROP for Casimir Lie algebras). This puts on a firm ground a known statement that the algebra $calA$ ``looks and behaves like a universal enveloping algebra. An immediate corollary of our result is the conjecture of Bar-Natan, Garoufalidis, Rozansky, and Thurston on the Kirillov-Duflo isomorphism for algebras of chord diagrams. Our main tool is a general construction of a functor from the category $mathttCycOp$ of cyclic operads to the category $mathttModOp$ of modular operads which is left adjoint to the ``tree part functor $mathttModOpomathttCycOp$. The algebra of chord diagrams arises when this construction is applied to the operad for Lie algebras. Another example of this construction is Kontsevich's graph complex that corresponds to the operad for homotopy Lie algebras.

Review text

Let \({\mathcal A}\) be the algebra of chord diagrams, which is dual to the algebra of Vassiliev knot invariants. The main result is an isomorphism between \({\mathcal A}\) and an enveloping algebra of the universal Casimir Lie algebra \({\mathbb L}^C\). Here a Casimir Lie algebra is a Lie algebra with an invariant symmetric two-tensor, and \({\mathbb L}^C\) is universal for Casimir Lie algebras in arbitrary linear tensor categories. As a corollary, there is a Kirillov-Duflo isomorphism for algebras of chord diagrams. The main tool is a functor from cyclic operads to modular operads. Applying this to the operad for Lie algebras gives \({\mathcal A}\); applying it to the operad for homotopy Lie algebras gives Kontsevich's graph complex.

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