Open-Closed String Topology via Fat Graphs

Details Open-Closed String Topology via Fat Graphs Open-Closed String Topology via Fat Graphs

2006-06-20

arxiv.org/abs/math/0606512v1

Mathematics

Algebraic Topology

36 pages

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Given a smooth closed manifold M with a family {L_i} of closed submanifolds, we consider the free loop space LM and the spaces PM(L_i,L_j) of open strings (paths g:[0,1]->M with g(0) in L_i, and g(1) in L_j). We construct string topology operations resulting in an open-closed TQFT on the family (h_*(LM),h_*(PM(L_i,L_j)) which extends the known string topology TQFT on h_*(LM). Here, h_* is a multiplicative generalized homology theory supporting orientations for M and the L_i. To construct the operations, we introduce the notion of open-closed fat graph, generalizing fat graphs to the open-closed setting.

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