A Witten style proof of Morse inequalities for orbit spaces
Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Topological transformation groups (57S99) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)
Let \(G\) be a compact Lie group acting on a closed manifold \(M\) of dimension \(n\), and \(G_0\) its connected component containing the identity. A function \(f\in C^\infty (M/G)\) is a \(G\)-Morse function if its critical orbits are nondegenerate. For such a function \(f\), let \(\text{Crit}_G (f)\) be the set of its critical orbits, which is a finite set. By using \textit{E. Witten}'s method [J. Differ. Geom. 17, 661-692 (1982; Zbl 0499.53056)] the author proves Morse inequalities for \(H^* (M/G)\), the real cohomology of the orbit space \(M/G\).
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