Morse-Bott functions with two critical values on a surface

DOI10.21136/CMJ.2021.0125-20MaRDI QIDQ4959550zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Irina Gelbukh

Publication date 16 September 2021

Published in Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.21136/cmj.2021.0125-20

zbMATH Keywords

critical valueheight functionMorse-Bott functionReeb graphsurface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Paths and cycles (05C38) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20) Real-valued functions on manifolds (58C05)

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• Vector bundle automorphisms preserving Morse-Bott foliations
• Homotopy type of stabilizers of smooth functions with non-isolated singularities on surfaces

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