Perhaps this will be a trivial question. For this post, everything is over your favorite field of characteristic 0.
Definitions and notation
Recall that a Lie algebra is a vector space mathfrakg along with a map beta:mathfrakgwedge2tomathfrakg satisfying the Jacobi identity. One way to write the Jacobi identity is as follows: extend beta to mathfrakgotimes2tomathfrakg via the usual projection mathfrakgotimes2tomathfrakgwedge2, consider the map betacirc(1otimesbeta):mathfrakgotimes3tomathfrakg; then the restriction of this map to mathfrakgwedge3subseteqmathfrakgotimes3 vanishes. (Because beta vanishes on the symmetric product mathfrakgvee2, the Jacobi identity is equivalent to betacirc(1otimesbeta) vanishing on mathfrakgvee3.)
A Lie coalgebra is a vector space mathfrakg with a map delta:mathfrakgtomathfrakgwedge2, satisfying the coJacobi identity, which asserts that the map (deltaotimes1)circdelta:mathfrakgtomathfrakgwedge3 vanishes. A vector space mathfrakg that is both a Lie algebra (under beta) and a Lie coalgebra (under delta), is a Lie bialgebra if beta and delta satisfy an additional relationship. Namely, let sigma:mathfrakgotimes2tomathfrakgotimes2 be the usual "flip" map; then the bialgebra identity is that deltacircbeta and (1otimesbeta)circ(deltaotimes1)+(betaotimes1)circ(1otimesdelta)+(betaotimes1)circ(1otimessigma)circ(deltaotimes1)+(1otimesbeta)circ(sigmaotimes1)circ(1otimesdelta) are equal as maps mathfrakgotimes2tomathfrakgotimes2.
My question
In a calculation I'm doing, I'm led to consider the map mathfrakgotimes2tomathfrakgvee3 given by (1otimesbetaotimes1)circ(deltaotimesdelta). (I mean, (1otimesbetaotimes1)circ(deltaotimesdelta) lands in mathfrakgotimes3, but I want the composition with the natural projection mathfrakgotimes3tomathfrakgvee3.) In particular, for the calculation to come out right, I'd like for this map to vanish. Does it?
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