An Invitation to Morse Theory

This self-contained treatment of Morse Theory focuses on applications and is intended for a graduate course on differential or algebraic topology. The book is divided into three conceptually distinct parts. The first part contains the foundations of Morse theory (over the reals). The second part con...

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Main Author: Nicolaescu, Liviu. author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Universitext,
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Summary:This self-contained treatment of Morse Theory focuses on applications and is intended for a graduate course on differential or algebraic topology. The book is divided into three conceptually distinct parts. The first part contains the foundations of Morse theory (over the reals). The second part consists of applications of Morse theory over the reals, while the last part describes the basics and some applications of complex Morse theory, a.k.a. Picard-Lefschetz theory. This is the first textbook to include topics such as Morse-Smale flows, min-max theory, moment maps and equivariant cohomology, and complex Morse theory. The exposition is enhanced with examples, problems, and illustrations, and will be of interest to graduate students as well as researchers. The reader is expected to have some familiarity with cohomology theory and with the differential and integral calculus on smooth manifolds. Liviu Nicolaescu is Associate Professor of Mathematics at University of Notre Dame.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (251 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-235) and index.
ISBN:9780387495101