The modular envelope of the cyclic operad Ass

Abstract

We give a direct combinatorial proof that the modular envelope of the cyclic operad Ass is the modular operad of (the homeomorphism classes of) 2D compact surfaces with boundary with marked points.

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References in corpus (1)

• The A-infinity operad and the moduli space of curves

Cited by in corpus (2)

• Modular operads and the nerve theorem
• Open-closed modular operads, Cardy condition and string field theory