Morse theory on spaces of braids and Lagrangian dynamics

DOI10.1007/s00222-002-0277-0zbMath1017.37031arXivmath/0105082OpenAlexW2172178670MaRDI QIDQ1396687

Robert W. Ghrist, Robert C. A. M. VanderVorst, Jan Bouwe Van Den Berg

Publication date: 8 July 2003

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0105082

zbMATH Keywords

variational problemclosed orbitstopological invariantparabolic flowssecond-order LagrangiansMorse-type theoryforcing theoremone-dimensional lattice dynamicsspaces of braid diagrams

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