Topological Two-Dimensional Gravity on Surfaces with Boundary

Abstract

We solve two-dimensional gravity on surfaces with boundary in terms of contact interactions and surface degenerations. The known solution of the bulk theory in terms of a contact algebra is generalized to include boundaries and an enlarged set of boundary operators. The latter allow for a linearization of the Virasoro constraints in terms of an extended integrable KdV hierarchy.

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