Open-Closed TQFT String Operations for Disc Cobordisms, Simultaneous Saddle Interactions, and Constant Homology Classes

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2008-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/0803.1041v2

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Algebraic Topology

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Previously, we showed that most of the open-closed topological quantum field theory (TQFT) string operations vanish including all the higher genus TQFT operations, and we described a small list of genus zero open-closed TQFT string operations which can be nontrivial. In this paper, we consider open-closed string operations associated to open-closed cobordisms homeomorphic to discs. These operations constitute the main part of genus zero string operations, and they include the saddle string operation of two open strings interacting at their internal points. We show not only that disc string operations are independent of their half-pair-of-pants decompositions but also that these disc string operations can be computed by \emph{simultaneous} saddle interactions of incoming open strings at the same point, and they take values in homology classes of constant open strings on some closed orientable submanifolds, which we will precisely determine. We will also discuss a role played by fundamental constant homology classes in open-closed string topology. Our main tools are saddle interaction diagrams and their deformations.

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