Morse theory for Lagrange multipliers and adiabatic limits

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Abstract: Given two Morse functions f,mu on a compact manifold M, we study the Morse homology for the Lagrange multiplier function on MimesmathbbR which sends (x,eta) to f(x)+etamu(x). Take a product metric on MimesmathbbR, and rescale its mathbbR-component by a factor lambda2. We show that generically, for large lambda, the Morse-Smale-Witten chain complex is isomorphic to the one for f and the metric restricted to mu1(0), with grading shifted by one. On the other hand, let lambdao0, we obtain another chain complex, which is geometrically quite different but has the same homology as the singular homology of mu1(0) and the isomorphism between them is provided by the homotopy by varying lambda. Our proofs contain both the implicit function theorem on Banach manifolds and geometric singular perturbation theory.









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