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This is part one of a two-part work that relates two different approaches to two-dimensional open-closed rational conformal field theory. In part one we review the definition of a Cardy algebra, which captures the necessary consistency conditions of the theory at genus 0 and 1. We investigate the properties of these algebras and prove uniqueness and existence theorems. One implication is that under certain natural assumptions, every rational closed CFT is extendable to an open-closed CFT. The relation of Cardy algebras to the solutions of the sewing constraints is the topic of part two.
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Kong, L., Runkel, I. Cardy Algebras and Sewing Constraints, I. Commun. Math. Phys. 292, 871–912 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-009-0901-6
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