On the homotopy type of spaces of Morse functions on surfaces (Q2842983)

This paper is a continuation of papers of the author [the author and \textit{D. A. Permyakov}, Sb. Math. 201, No. 4, 501--567 (2010); translation from Mat. Sb. 201, No. 4, 33--98 (2010; Zbl 1197.57027); Math. Notes 92, No. 2, 219--236 (2012); translation from Mat. Zametki 92, No. 2, 241--261 (2012; Zbl 1261.55002); Mosc. Univ. Math. Bull. 67, No. 4, 151--157 (2012); translation from Vestn. Mosk. Univ., Ser. I 67, No. 4, 14--20 (2012; Zbl 1282.58011)]. Let \(M\) be a smooth closed orientable surface and let \(F=F(M)\) denote the space of Morse functions on \(M\) with a fixed number of critical points of each index such that at least \(\chi (M)+1\) critical points are labelled by different labels. In this paper, the author introduces the notion of a skew cylindric-polyhedral complex; she defines the skew cylindric-polyhedral complex \(\tilde{\mathbb{K}}\) for each \(F(M)\) called ``the complex of framed Morse functions''.NEWLINENEWLINEIn particular, when \(M=S^2\) she proves that \(\tilde{\mathbb{K}}\) is finite, she computes the Euler characteristic \(\chi (\tilde{\mathbb{K}})\) and obtains the Morse inequality for its Betti numbers \(\beta_j (\tilde{\mathbb{K}})\). Moreover, she studies the relation between the homotopy type of \(\tilde{\mathbb{K}}\) and \(F(M).\)