An invitation to algebraic topological string theory

TL;DR

This paper introduces an algebraic framework for topological string theory, explaining its origins, relation to full string theory, and presenting results on bulk-deformed open string amplitudes.

Contribution

It provides a concise overview of the algebraic approach to topological string theory and details new results on bulk-deformed open string amplitudes.

Findings

Explanation of the algebraic approach's origin and context

Introduction of key notions in algebraic topological string theory

Results on bulk-deformed open topological string amplitudes

Abstract

The purpose of this note is to provide a short invitation to the universal algebraic approach to topological string theory. In the first section we make an attempt to explain the origin of this approach and how it fits into the bigger picture of full string theory, while in the second half of this note we will introduce the relevant notions in more detail and discuss some of our main results on bulk-deformed open topological string amplitudes.