On the homotopy type of spaces of Morse functions on surfaces

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Abstract: Let M be a smooth closed orientable surface. Let F be the space of Morse functions on M having fixed number of critical points of each index, moreover at least chi(M)+1 critical points are labeled by different labels (enumerated). A notion of a skew cylindric-polyhedral complex, which generalizes the notion of a polyhedral complex, is introduced. The skew cylindric-polyhedral complex mathbbwidetildeK (the "complex of framed Morse functions"), associated with the space F, is defined. In the case when M=S2, the polyhedron mathbbwidetildeK is finite; its Euler characteristic is evaluated and the Morse inequalities for its Betti numbers are obtained. A relation between the homotopy types of the polyhedron mathbbwidetildeK and the space F of Morse functions, endowed with the Cinfty-topology, is indicated.



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