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On the homotopy type of spaces of Morse functions on surfaces

Authors :
Elena A. Kudryavtseva
Source :
Sbornik: Mathematics. 204:75-113
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2013.

Abstract

Let $M$ be a smooth closed orientable surface. Let $F$ be the space of Morse functions on $M$ having fixed number of critical points of each index, moreover at least $\chi(M)+1$ critical points are labeled by different labels (enumerated). A notion of a skew cylindric-polyhedral complex, which generalizes the notion of a polyhedral complex, is introduced. The skew cylindric-polyhedral complex $\mathbb{\widetilde K}$ (the "complex of framed Morse functions"), associated with the space $F$, is defined. In the case when $M=S^2$, the polyhedron $\mathbb{\widetilde K}$ is finite; its Euler characteristic is evaluated and the Morse inequalities for its Betti numbers are obtained. A relation between the homotopy types of the polyhedron $\mathbb{\widetilde K}$ and the space $F$ of Morse functions, endowed with the $C^\infty$-topology, is indicated.<br />Comment: 32 pages, in Russian

Details

ISSN :
14684802 and 10645616
Volume :
204
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Sbornik: Mathematics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....8f24b48278aa1ac9e9d31b8614760bb5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1070/sm2013v204n01abeh004292