On the asymptotics of Morse numbers of finite covers of manifolds

DOI10.1016/S0040-9383(98)00031-7zbMATH Open0931.57027arXivmath/9810136MaRDI QIDQ1292696FDOQ1292696

Authors: A. Pajitnov 

Publication date: 21 February 2000

Published in: Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let M be a closed connected manifold. Let m(M) be the Morse number of M, that is, the minimal number of critical points of a Morse function on M. Let N be a finite cover of M of degree d. M.Gromov posed the following question: what are the asymptotic properties of m(N) as d goes to infinity? In this paper we study the case of high dimensional manifolds M with free abelian fundamental group. Let x be a non-zero element of H^1(M), let M(x) be the infinite cyclic cover corresponding to x, and t be a generator of the structure group of this cover. Set M(x,k)=M(x)/t^k. We prove that the sequence m(M(x,k))/k converges as k goes to infinity. For x outside of a finite union of hyperplanes in H^1(M) we obtain the asymptotics of m(M(x,k)) as k goes to infinity, in terms of homotopy invariants of M related to Novikov homology of M.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9810136

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zbMATH Keywords

finite coveringsMorse numbers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45)

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