Morse theory without nondegeneracy

We describe an extension of Morse theory to smooth functions on compact Riemannian manifolds, without any nondegeneracy assumptions except that the critical locus must have only finitely many connected components.

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Päätekijät: Kirwan, F, Penington, G
Aineistotyyppi: Working paper
Kieli:English
Julkaistu: University of Oxford 2020
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spelling oxford-uuid:61d6990c-c7d9-42a8-a5ad-43b8fecc62492022-03-26T18:02:23ZMorse theory without nondegeneracyWorking paperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042uuid:61d6990c-c7d9-42a8-a5ad-43b8fecc6249EnglishSymplectic ElementsUniversity of Oxford2020Kirwan, FPenington, GWe describe an extension of Morse theory to smooth functions on compact Riemannian manifolds, without any nondegeneracy assumptions except that the critical locus must have only finitely many connected components.
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Morse theory without nondegeneracy
title Morse theory without nondegeneracy
title_full Morse theory without nondegeneracy
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title_short Morse theory without nondegeneracy
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