Cascades and perturbed Morse–Bott functions
Cascades and perturbed Morse–Bott functions
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级联和扰动 Morse-Bott 函数
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2011
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通讯作者:
D. Hurtubise
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A. Banyaga;D. Hurtubise
Let fW M ! R be a Morse‐Bott function on a finite-dimensional closed smooth manifold M . Choosing an appropriate Riemannian metric on M and Morse‐Smale functions fjW Cj! R on the critical submanifolds Cj , one can construct a Morse chain complex whose boundary operator is defined by counting cascades [16]. Similar data, which also includes a parameter " > 0 that scales the Morse‐Smale functions fj , can be used to define an explicit perturbation of the Morse‐Bott function f to a Morse‐Smale function h"W M! R [3; 6]. In this paper we show that the Morse‐ Smale‐Witten chain complex of h" is the same as the Morse chain complex defined using cascades for any ">0 sufficiently small. That is, the two chain complexes have the same generators, and their boundary operators are the same (up to a choice of sign). Thus, the Morse Homology Theorem implies that the homology of the cascade chain complex of fW M! R is isomorphic to the singular homology H .MIZ/. 57R70; 37D05, 37D15, 58E05