Simple homotopy type of the Novikov complex and the Lefschetz ζ-function of a gradient flow

DOI10.1070/rm1999v054n01ABEH000118zbMath0939.57026arXivdg-ga/9706014MaRDI QIDQ4719736

Andrei V. Pajitnov

Publication date: 10 January 2000

Published in: Russian Mathematical Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/dg-ga/9706014

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Zeta functions and related questions in algebraic geometry (e.g., Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture) (14G10) Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc. (57Q10) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Morse-Smale systems (37D15)

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