The minimal number of critical points of a function on a compact manifold and the Lusternik-Schnirelman category

DOI10.1007/BF01404825zbMath0198.56603MaRDI QIDQ2540393

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Publication date: 1968

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/141942

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