On a lower central series filtration of the Grothendieck-Teichm\"uller Lie algebra grt_1

Abstract

The Grothendieck-Teichm\"uller Lie algebra is a Lie subalgebra of a Lie algebra of derivations of the free Lie algebra in two generators. We show that the lower central series of the latter Lie algebra induces a decreasing filtration of the Grothendieck-Teichm\"uller Lie algebra and we study the corresponding graded Lie algebra. Its degree zero part had been previously computed by the second author. We show that the degree one part is a module over a symmetric algebra, which are both equipped with compatible decreasing filtrations, and we exhibit an explicit lower bound for the associated graded module. We derive from there some information on explicit expression of the depth 3 part of the depth-graded of the Grothendieck-Teichm\"uller Lie algebra.