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Noninjectivity of the “hair” map

Bertrand Patureau-Mirand

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 12 (2012) 415–420
Abstract

Kricker constructed a knot invariant Zrat valued in a space of Feynman diagrams with beads. When composed with the “hair” map H, it gives the Kontsevich integral of the knot. We introduce a new grading on diagrams with beads and use it to show that a nontrivial element constructed from Vogel’s zero divisor in the algebra Λ is in the kernel of H. This shows that H is not injective.

Keywords
finite type invariant, Feynman diagram
Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 57M25, 57M27
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Publication
Received: 9 December 2011
Accepted: 13 December 2011
Published: 14 March 2012
Authors
Bertrand Patureau-Mirand
LMAM
Université de Bretagne-Sud
Université Européenne de Bretagne
BP 573
56017 Vannes
France