Virtual Morse theory on \(\Omega \)Ham\((M, \omega)\) (Q982682)
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Virtual Morse theory on \(\Omega \)Ham\((M, \omega)\) (English)
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7 July 2010
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The author relates the known quantum characteristic classes to Morse theoretic aspects of the Hofer length functional on \(\Omega \,\text{Hom}(M, \omega)\). He also includes a proof of a theorem which states that the Hofer length functional is ``virtually'' a perfect Morse-Bott functional. This result is used to give a prediction for the index of some geodesics for this functional which was partially verified by Karshon and Slimowitz.
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virtual Morse theory
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Hofer length functional
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quantum characteristic classes
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