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Conley pairs help in geometry, proving the Lusternik-Schnirelmann Theorem.

In case of the heat flow on the free loop space of a closed Riemannian manifold non-triviality of Morse homology for semi-flows is established by constructing a natural isomorphism to singular homology of the loop space. The construction is also new in finite dimensions. The main idea is to build a Morse filtration usi…

For Morse-Smale pairs on a smooth, closed manifold the Morse-Smale-Witten chain complex can be defined. The associated Morse homology is isomorphic to the singular homology of the manifold and yields the classical Morse relations for Morse functions. A similar approach can be used to define homological invariants for i…

New method for cohomological Conley index simplifies complex dynamics.

Study the evolution of the Lorenz strange set using Conley index theory.

Main theorem of this paper states that Floer cohomology groups in a Hilbert space are isomorphic to the cohomological Conley Index. It is also shown that calculating cohomological Conley Index does not require finite dimensional approximations of the vector field. Further directions are discussed.

In this paper, we study Conley theory in Hilbert spaces and make some refinement of the construction of the stable Conley index developed by Gȩba, Izydorek, and Pruszko. For instance, we allow subspaces other than invariant subspaces in the the construction. As a main result, we show that the resulting stable Conley in…

We prove the Conley conjecture for a closed symplectically aspherical symplectic manifold: a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism of a such a manifold has infinitely many periodic points. More precisely, we show that a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism with finitely many fixed points has simple periodic points of arbitrarily large peri…

In~\cite{rotvandervorst} a homology theory --Morse-Conley-Floer homology-- for isolated invariant sets of arbitrary flows on finite dimensional manifolds is developed. In this paper we investigate functoriality and duality of this homology theory. As a preliminary we investigate functoriality in Morse homology. Functor…

This is an expository paper about Seiberg-Witten Floer stable homotopy types. We outline their construction, which is based on the Conley index and finite dimensional approximation. We then describe several applications, including the disproof of the high-dimensional triangulation conjecture.

We introduce two tools, dynamical thickening and flow selectors, to overcome the infamous discontinuity of the gradient flow endpoint map near non-degenerate critical points. More precisely, we interpret the stable fibrations of certain Conley pairs $(N,L)$, established in [2,3], as a dynamical thickening of the stable…

We give here a self contained and elementary introduction to the Conley-Zehnder index for a path of symplectic matrices. We start from the definition of the index as the degree of a map into the circle for a path starting at the identity and ending at a matrix for which 1 is not an eigenvalue. We prove some properties …

This article includes an almost self-contained exposition on the discrete Conley index and its duality. We work with a local homeomorphism of $\mathds{R}^d$ and an invariant and isolated acyclic continuum, such as a cellular set or a fixed point. In this setting, we obtain a complete description of the first discrete h…

We derive general Novikov-Morse type inequalities in a Conley type framework for flows carrying cocycles, therefore generalizing our results in [FJ2] derived for integral cocycle. The condition of carrying a cocycle expresses the nontriviality of integrals of that cocycle on flow lines. Gradient-like flows are distingu…

We study "flat knot types" of geodesics on compact surfaces M^2. For every flat knot type and any Riemannian metric g we introduce a Conley index associated with the curve shortening flow on the space of immersed curves on M^2. We conclude existence of closed geodesics with prescribed flat knot types, provided the asso…

Discrete Morse-Bott theory on CW complexes generalizes Forman's theory.

We propose a theory "a la Conley" for cone fields using a notion of relaxed orbits based on cone enlargements, in the spirit of space time geometry. We work in the setting of closed (or equivalently semi-continuous) cone fields with singularities. This setting contains (for questions which are parametrization independe…

The present paper contains an interpretation and generalization of Novikov's theory of Morse type inequalities for 1-forms in terms of Conley's theory for dynamical systems.

The aim of this paper is to give an explicit formula in order to compute the Maslov index of the fundamental solution of a linear autonomous Hamiltonian system, in terms of the Conley-Zehnder index and the time one flow.

Paper proves ellipticity of certain Reeb orbits and estimates ECH spectrum on lens spaces.

The comparison principle for scalar second order parabolic PDEs on functions $u(t,x)$ admits a topological interpretation: pairs of solutions, $u^1(t,\cdot)$ and $u^2(t,\cdot)$, evolve so as to not increase the intersection number of their graphs. We generalize to the case of multiple solutions $\{u^α(t,\cdot)\}_{α=1}^…

Let $γ$ be a non-degenerate Ustilovsky geodesic in $Ham (M, ω)$ generated by $H$. We give a simple proof of a generalization of the conjecture stated in \cite{virtmorse}, relating the Morse index of $γ$, as a critical point of the Hofer length functional, with the Conley Zehnder index of the extremizers of $H$, consid…

In this paper we prove the Conley conjecture and the almost existence theorem in a neighborhood of a closed nowhere coisotropic submanifold under certain natural assumptions on the ambient symplectic manifold. Essential to the proofs is a displacement principle for such submanifolds. Namely, we show that a topologicall…

New invariant structure found near a knot in flows.

Floer homology theories solve complex dynamics problems.

Area and orientation preserving diffeomorphisms of the standard 2-disc, referred to as symplectomorphisms of $\mathbb{D}^{2}$, allow decompositions in terms of positive twist diffeomorphisms. Using the latter decomposition we utilize the Conley index theory of discrete braid classes as introduced in [Ghrist et al., C. …

New method computes contact invariants for non-simply connected Gorenstein toric contact manifolds.

We develop a new approach to the existence of time functions on Lorentzian manifolds, based on Conley's work regarding Lyapunov functions for dynamical systems. We recover Hawking's result that a stably causal admits a time function through a more general result giving the existence of a continuous function that is non…

Gradient flow connects two critical points near birth-death.

We study the classical action functional $\SMC_V$ on the free loop space of a closed, finite dimensional Riemannian manifold $M$ and the symplectic action $\AMC_V$ on the free loop space of its cotangent bundle. The critical points of both functionals can be identified with the set of perturbed closed geodesics in $M$.…

The study finds sufficient conditions for Reeb flows to have genus zero global surfaces of section.

Let M be a weakly monotone symplectic manifold, and H be a time-dependent Hamiltonian; we assume that the periodic orbits of the corresponding time-dependent Hamiltonian vector field are non-degenerate. We construct a refined version of the Floer chain complex associated to these data and any regular covering of M, and…

In the first half of the paper we construct a Morse-type theory on certain spaces of braid diagrams. We define a topological invariant of closed positive braids which is correlated with the existence of invariant sets of parabolic flows defined on discretized braid spaces. Parabolic flows, a type of one-dimensional lat…

In this paper, we generalize the known results on the super circles $S^{1|1}$ and $S^{1|2}$. We construct the fine equivariant quantization on the super circle $S^{1|n}$ for $n\geqslant 3$. The equivariant Lie superalgebra is $\spo(2|n)$ which is constituted of the contact projective vector fields on $S^{1|n}$. In orde…

The tame flows are ``nice'' flows on ``nice'' spaces. The nice (tame) sets are the pfaffian sets introduced by Khovanski, and a flow $Φ: \mathbb{R}\times X\to X$ on pfaffian set $X$ is tame if the graph of $Φ$ is a pfaffian subset of $\mathbb{R}\times X\times X$. Any compact tame set admits plenty tame flows. We prove …

New techniques reveal tight contact manifolds with vanishing contact homology.

Study the topology of stable vector fields and Lyapunov functions on R^n.

Study compares two knot pairings and their equivalence.

The paper studies Fox pairings of Poincaré duality groups using group cohomology.

Defines Dirac pairs on Jacobi algebroids, generalizing Lie algebroids.

New examples of Cappell-Shaneson knot pairs with same Alexander polynomial found.

KitcheNette predicts and recommends food ingredient pairings.

Introduces contact dual pairs using line bundles.

The paper constructs minimal coherent filling pairs on surfaces.

In this paper, we introduce some notions on the pair consisting of a Chern connection and a Higgs field closely related to the first and second variation of Yang-Mills- Higgs functional, such as strong Yang-Mills-Higgs pair, degenerate Yang-Mills-Higgs pair, stable Yang-Mills-Higgs pair. We investigate some properties …

New method selects stock pairs for pairs trading considering lead-lag relationship.

The study of $PD_3$-pairs extends results for aspherical 3-manifolds.

This paper classifies and determines the length of the shortest filling pairs on a specific type of surface.