arXiv · 2511.06903
Uniqueness of the non-commutative divergence cocycle
Abstract
We show that, for $n \geq 3 $, 1-cocycles of degree zero on the Lie algebra of derivations of the free associative algebra $T(A_n)$ with values in $ \rvert T(A_n) \rvert \otimes \rvert T(A_n) \rvert $ are linear combinations of the non-commutative divergence and its switch, when restricted to finite-degree quotients. Here, $ \rvert T(A_n) \rvert $ denotes the space of cyclic words. Furthermore, we study 1-cocycles of degree zero on the Lie algebra of symplectic derivations of the free Lie algebra $ \mathfrak{L_{2n}}$, and prove the uniqueness of the Enomoto-Satoh trace.
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Pauline Baudat. 2025-11-10. Uniqueness of the non-commutative divergence cocycle. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06903
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