Subtleties of the minimax selector

DOI10.4171/LEM/59-3-1zbMATH Open1320.58005arXiv1112.5272MaRDI QIDQ495201FDOQ495201

Qiaoling Wei

Publication date: 9 September 2015

Published in: L'Enseignement Mathématique. 2e Série (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this note, we show that the minmax and maxmin critical values of a function quadratic nondegenerate at infinity are equal when defined in homology or cohomology with coefficients in a field. However, by an example of F.Laudenbach, this is not always true for coefficients in a ring and, even in the case of a field, the minmax-maxmin depends on the field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.5272

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory for dynamical systems, Morse-Conley indices (37B30) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

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