Morse Theory without Non-Degeneracy

Kirwan, Frances; Penington, Geoffrey

doi:10.1093/qmath/haaa064

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Morse Theory without Non-Degeneracy

Kirwan, Frances·Penington, Geoffrey

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

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Kirwan, Frances, Penington, Geoffrey. 2021-01-08. Morse Theory without Non-Degeneracy. https://doi.org/10.1093/qmath%2Fhaaa064

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