Extended cohomological field theories and noncommutative Frobenius manifolds

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2003.10.014MaRDI QIDQ557254zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sergey Natanzon

Publication date 23 June 2005

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0206033

zbMATH Keywords

field theoryFrobenius manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Frobenius manifolds (53D45) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45)

Abstract: We construct some extension ({it Stable Field Theory}) of Cohomological Field Theory. The Stable Field Theory is a system of homomorphisms to some vector spaces generated by spheres and disks with punctures. It is described by a formal tensor series, satisfying to some system of "differential equations". In points of convergence the tensor series generate special noncommutative analogues of Frobenius algebras, describing 'Open-Closed' Topological Field Theories.

Review text

The author introduces the stable field theories. These are extensions of the cohomological field theories studied by \textit{M.~Kontsevich} and \textit{Yu.~Manin} [Commun. Math. Phys. 164, No. 3, 525--562 (1994; Zbl 0853.14020)] in connection with the description of the Gromov-Witten classes. The author of the present paper makes the conjecture that a stable field theory describes relative Gromov-Witten classes. The framework of the investigation is provided by a general axiom system for topological field theories over a functor, as developed in the first part of the paper. One of the main results concerns a one-to-one correspondence between stable field theories and systems of disk correlation functions. Another result is that extended Frobenius algebras can be constructed out of the convergence points of so-called structure series.

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