The Incidence Coefficients in the Novikov Complex are generically rational functions

Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Differential topology (57R99) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

Abstract: For a Morse map

f : M o S^{1}

Novikov [11] has introduced an analog of Morse complex, defined over the ring

of integer Laurent power series. Novikov conjectured, that generically the matrix entries of the differentials in this complex are of the form

s u m_{i} a_{i} t^{i}

, where

a_{i}

grow at most exponentially in

i

. We prove that for any given

f

for a

C^{0}

generic gradient-like vector field all the incidence coefficients above are rational functions in

t

(which implies obviously the exponential growth rate estimate).

Review text

Let \(M\) be a closed connected manifold and \(f:M\to S^1\) a Morse map not homotopic to zero. In [Funkts. Anal. Prilozh. 15, No. 4, 37-52 (1981); English transl., Funct. Anal. Appl. 15, No. 4, 263-274 (1982; Zbl 0571.58010)], \textit{S. P. Novikov} constructed an analog of the Morse complex for \(f\). This analog is constructed by means of some additional data; in particular, a Riemannian metric or a gradient-like vector field must be fixed. The Novikov complex is defined over the ring \({\mathbb{Z}} ((t))\) of Laurent power series with integer coefficients and finite negative part, so that the matrix coefficients of the boundary operators are Laurent power series in one variable \(t\). Novikov conjectured that the coefficients of each of these power series grow at most exponentially. In this paper, the author proves that for every Morse map \(f\) and every gradient-like vector field which is in general position with respect to the \(C^0\)-topology, all these power series are rational functions of \(t\). This obviously implies the exponential growth estimate.

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