Conley-Morse-Forman theory for generalized combinatorial multivector fields on finite topological spaces

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Abstract: We generalize and extend the Conley-Morse-Forman theory for combinatorial multivector fields introduced in cite{Mr2017}. The generalization consists in dropping the restrictive assumption in cite{Mr2017} that every multivector has a unique maximal element. The extension is from the setting of Lefschetz complexes to the more general situation of finite topological spaces. We define isolated invariant sets, isolating neighbourhoods, Conley index and Morse decompositions. We also establish the additivity property of the Conley index and the Morse inequalities.


In this intersting paper the authors generalize and extend the Conley-Morse-Forman theory for combinatorial multivector fields, introduced by the third author in [Found. Comput. Math. 17, No. 6, 1585--1633 (2017; Zbl 1384.54023)], in the following three directions: (1) Drop the restraining assumption in the reference above that every multivector must have a unique maximal element; (2) Define the dynamical system induced by the multivector field in a less restrictive way; (3) Change the setting from Lefschetz complexes to finite topological spaces. The paper is organized into seven sections as follows. Introduction; Main results (combinatorial phase space, combinatorial dynamical systems, combinatorial multivector fields, combinatorial flow associated with a multivector field, graph interpretation, essential solutions, isolated invariant sets and Conley index, Morse decompositions); Preliminaries (sets and maps, relations and digraphs, posets, finite topological spaces, Lefschetz complexes, homology in finite topological spaces); Dynamics of combinatorial multivector fields (multivalued dynamical systems in finite spaces, solutions and paths, combinatorial multivector fields, essential solutions, isolated invariant sets, multivector field as a digraph); Index pairs and Conley index (index pairs and their properties, Conley index); Attractors, repellers and limit sets (attractors, repellers and indecomposable sets, limit sets); Morse decomposition, Morse equation, Morse inequalities (Morse decompositions, strongly connected components as Morse decomposition, Morse sets, Morse equation and Morse inequalities). The paper ends with a rich and suggestive bibliography containing many contributions to this topic.



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