Noncommutative Frobenius algebras and open-closed duality

Abstract

Some equivalence classes in symmetric group lead to an interesting class of noncommutive and associative algebras. From these algebras we construct noncommutative Frobenius algebras. Based on the correspondence between Frobenius algebras and two-dimensional topological field theories, the noncommutative Frobenius algebras can be interpreted as topological open string theories. It is observed that the centre of the algebras are related to closed string theories via open-closed duality. Area-dependent two-dimensional field theories are also studied.