Theory of Submanifolds, Associativity Equations in 2D Topological Quantum Field Theories, and Frobenius Manifolds

dc.creatorMokhov, O. I.
dc.date2006-10-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:42:38Z
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dc.descriptionWe prove that the associativity equations of two-dimensional topological quantum field theories are very natural reductions of the fundamental nonlinear equations of the theory of submanifolds in pseudo-Euclidean spaces and give a natural class of potential flat torsionless submanifolds. We show that all potential flat torsionless submanifolds in pseudo-Euclidean spaces bear natural structures of Frobenius algebras on their tangent spaces. These Frobenius structures are generated by the corresponding flat first fundamental form and the set of the second fundamental forms of the submanifolds (in fact, the structural constants are given by the set of the Weingarten operators of the submanifolds). We prove in this paper that each N-dimensional Frobenius manifold can locally be represented as a potential flat torsionless submanifold in a 2N-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space. By our construction this submanifold is uniquely determined up to motions. Moreover, in this paper we consider a nonlinear system, which is a natural generalization of the associativity equations, namely, the system describing all flat torsionless submanifolds in pseudo-Euclidean spaces, and prove that this system is integrable by the inverse scattering method.
dc.description10 pages, Proceedings of the Workshop "Nonlinear Physics. Theory and Experiment. IV. Gallipoli (Lecce), Italy, June 22 - July 1, 2006
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0610933
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0610933
dc.identifierTheor.Math.Phys.152:1183-1190,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1007/s11232-007-0101-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/182015
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subjectExactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
dc.subject53B25; 53D45; 35Q58; 81T45
dc.titleTheory of Submanifolds, Associativity Equations in 2D Topological Quantum Field Theories, and Frobenius Manifolds
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