Filtrations on graph complexes and the Grothendieck-Teichmüller Lie algebra in depth two

Abstract

We establish an isomorphism between the Grothendieck-Teichmüller Lie algebra ${\mathfrak{grt}}_1$ in depth two modulo higher depth and the cohomology of the two-loop part of the graph complex of internally connected graphs $\mathsf{ICG}(1)$. In particular, we recover all linear relations satisfied by the brackets of the conjectural generators ${\sigma }_{2k+1}$ modulo depth three by considering relations among two-loop graphs. The Grothendieck-Teichmüller Lie algebra is related to the zeroth cohomology of M. Kontsevich's graph complex ${\mathsf{GC}}_2$ via T. Willwacher's isomorphism. We define a descending filtration on $H^0({\mathsf{GC}}_2)$ and show that the degree two components of the corresponding associated graded vector spaces are isomorphic under T. Willwacher's map.

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