Ribbon 2–knots, 1 + 1 = 2 and Duflo’s theorem for arbitrary Lie algebras

Bar-Natan, Dror¹ ; Dancso, Zsuzsanna² ; Scherich, Nancy³

¹Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
²School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney, Camperdown NSW, Australia
³Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, United States

Algebraic and Geometric Topology, Tome 20 (2020) no. 7, pp. 3733-3760

Résumé

We explain a direct topological proof for the multiplicativity of the Duflo isomorphism for arbitrary finite-dimensional Lie algebras, and derive the explicit formula for the Duflo map. The proof follows a series of implications, starting with “the calculation 1 + 1 = 2 on a 4D abacus”, using the study of homomorphic expansions (aka universal finite-type invariants) for ribbon 2–knots, and the relationship between the corresponding associated graded space of arrow diagrams and universal enveloping algebras. This complements the results of the first author, Le and Thurston, where similar arguments using a “3D abacus” and the Kontsevich integral were used to deduce Duflo’s theorem for metrized Lie algebras; and results of the first two authors on finite-type invariants of w–knotted objects, which also imply a relation of 2–knots with the Duflo theorem in full generality, though via a lengthier path.

Détail

DOI : 10.2140/agt.2020.20.3733

Classification : 57M25
Keywords: knots, 2-knots, tangles, expansions, finite type invariants, Lie algebras, Duflo’s theorem

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