Morse equation of attractors for nonsmooth dynamical systems (Q713338)

The authors develop the Morse theory of attractors for a dynamical system governed by a differential inclusion \[ x^\prime(t) \in F(x(t)), \] where \(F: \mathbb R^m \multimap \mathbb R^m\) is a upper semicontinuous multimap with convex compact values. By applying smooth Lyapunov functions, it is shown that all open attractor neighborhoods of an attractor have the same homotopy type. Further, the homology index and Euler numbers for Morse sets are introduced. Finally, by using smooth Morse-Lyapunov functions of attractors, the authors justify Morse inequalities and the Morse equation.