Supersymmetry and Morse theory

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DOI10.4310/jdg/1214437492zbMath0499.53056WikidataQ57253906 ScholiaQ57253906MaRDI QIDQ1171780

Edward Witten

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214437492


58E05: Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces

53C80: Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences


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