Morse theory without non-degeneracy

DOI10.1093/QMATH/HAAA064zbMATH Open1479.58010arXiv1906.10804OpenAlexW3121122808MaRDI QIDQ4956656FDOQ4956656

Authors: Geoffrey R. Penington, Frances Kirwan 

Publication date: 2 September 2021

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe an extension of Morse theory to smooth functions on compact Riemannian manifolds, without any nondegeneracy assumptions except that the critical locus must have only finitely many connected components.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.10804

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zbMATH Keywords

Morse theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05)

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