Open-closed strings: Two-dimensional extended TQFTs and Frobenius algebras

DOI10.1016/j.topol.2007.11.005zbMath1158.57038arXivmath/0510664MaRDI QIDQ2426512

Aaron D. Lauda, Hendryk Pfeiffer

Publication date: 22 April 2008

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0510664

zbMATH Keywords

manifold with corners; cobordism; Frobenius algebra; topological quantum field theory; open-closed string

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T40: Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics

57M99: General low-dimensional topology

58E05: Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces

57R56: Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology)

19D23: Symmetric monoidal categories

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