Edge contraction on dual ribbon graphs and 2D TQFT

DOI10.1016/j.jalgebra.2017.09.027zbMath1453.14134arXiv1508.05922OpenAlexW2963674010MaRDI QIDQ1680271

Motohico Mulase, Olivia Dumitrescu

Publication date: 15 November 2017

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.05922

zbMATH Keywords

ribbon graphsFrobenius algebrastopological quantum field theorycell graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Enumerative problems (combinatorial problems) in algebraic geometry (14N10) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Applications of graph theory to circuits and networks (94C15) Symplectic aspects of mirror symmetry, homological mirror symmetry, and Fukaya category (53D37)

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