Flat 3-webs via semi-simple Frobenius 3-manifolds (Q2428158)

Let \(M\) be a semi-simple Frobenius manifold of dimension three [see \textit{B. Dubrovin}, Geometry of 2D topological field theories. Integrable systems and quantum groups. Lectures given at the 1st session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (CIME) held in Montecatini Terme, Italy, 1993. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. Lect. Notes Math. 1620, 120--348 (1996; Zbl 0841.58065), \textit{Yu. I. Manin}, Frobenius manifolds, quantum cohomology, and moduli spaces. Colloquium Publications. American Mathematical Society (AMS). 47. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society (AMS). xiii, 303 p. (1999; Zbl 0952.14032)]. A hexagonal 3-web is constructed, which is called a booklet 3-web. It is proved that a booklet 3-web is i) biholomorphic to the characteristic 3-web (i.e. the web of characteristics) of the corresponding solution of the associativity equation and has ii) at least an infinitesimal symmetry at each singular point. In addition, the Chern connection of a booklet 3-web is induced by the connection on \(T_PM\) compatible with the algebraic structure of \(M\).