Stratified Morse Theory with Tangential Conditions

Publication date 2 October 2003

Index theory for dynamical systems, Morse-Conley indices (37B30) Singular homology and cohomology theory (55N10) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Stratified sets (58A35)

Abstract: Our objective is to develop a stratified Morse theory with tangential conditions. We define a continuous strata-wise smooth Morse function on an abstract stratified space by using control conditions and radiality assumptions on the gradient vector field. For critical points of a Morse function one can show that the local unstable set is a manifold and the local stable set is itself an abstract stratified space. We also give a normal form for the gradient dynamics in the neighborhood of critical points. For a stratified Morse pair which satisfies the generic Morse-Smale condition we can build the Morse-Witten complex and show that its homology is equivalent to the singular homology of the space.

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