9783110158076
Circle-Valued Morse Theory (De Gruyter Studies In Mathematics 32) - Andrei V. Pajitnov
Walter de Gruyter (2006)
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In the early 1920s M. Morse discovered that the number of critical points of a smooth function on a manifold is closely related to the topology of the manifold. This became a starting point of the Morse theory which is now one of the basic parts of differential topology.

Circle-valued Morse theory originated from a problem in hydrodynamics studied by S. P. Novikov in the early 1980s. Nowadays, it is a constantly growing field of contemporary mathematics with applications and connections to many geometrical problems such as Arnold's conjecture in the theory of Lagrangian intersections, fibrations of manifolds over the circle, dynamical zeta functions, and the theory of knots and links in the three-dimensional sphere.

The aim of the book is to give a systematic treatment of geometric foundations of the subject and recent research results. The book is accessible to first year graduate students specializing in geometry and topology.

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Dewey 516
Format Hardcover
Cover Price 128,00 €
No. of Pages 454
Height x Width 244 x 178 mm
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