Open String Diagrams I: Topological Type
alg-geom
2009-10-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
An arbitrary Feynman graph for string field theory interactions is analysed and the homeomorphism type of the corresponding world sheet surface is completely determined even in the non-orientable cases. Algorithms are found to mechanically compute the topological characteristics of the resulting surface from the structure of the signed oriented graph. Whitney's permutation-theoretic coding of graphs is utilized.
Cite
@article{arxiv.alg-geom/9208001,
title = {Open String Diagrams I: Topological Type},
author = {Subhashis Nag and Parameswaran Sankaran},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:alg-geom/9208001},
year = {2009}
}