Automorphisms of generic gradient vector fields with prescribed finite symmetries (Q2280494)

Summary: Let \(M\) be a compact and connected smooth manifold endowed with a smooth action of a finite group \(\Gamma \), and let \(f\) be a \(\Gamma \)-invariant Morse function on \(M\). We prove that the space of \(\Gamma \)-invariant Riemannian metrics on \(M\) contains a residual subset \({\mathcal M\mathrm{et}}_f\) with the following property. Let \(g\in\mathcal{M}\mathrm{et}_f\) and let \(\nabla^gf\) be the gradient vector field of \(f\) with respect to \(g\). For any diffeomorphism \(\phi\in \mathrm{Diff}(M)\) preserving \(\nabla^gf\) there exists some \(t\in\mathbb R\) and some \(\gamma\in\Gamma\) such that for every \(x\in M\) we have \(\phi(x)=\gamma\,\Phi_t^g(x)\), where \(\Phi_t^g\) is the time-\(t\) flow of the vector field \(\nabla^gf\).