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The paper develops methods for calculating equivariant homology from Morse functions.

Study on Morse homology for reflection actions on manifolds.

The paper introduces new knot invariants using singular instanton gauge theory.

Getzler-Jones-Petrack introduced $A_\infty$ structures on the equivariant complex for manifold $M$ with smooth $\mathbb{S}^1$ action, motivated by geometry of loop spaces. Applying Witten's deformation by Morse functions followed by homological perturbation we obtained a new set of $A_\infty$ structures. We extend and …

In the present work we generalize the construction of monopole Floer homology due to Kronheimer and Mrowka to the case of a gradient flow with Morse-Bott singularities. Focusing then on the special case of a three-manifold equipped with a spin$^c$ structure isomorphic to its conjugate, we define the counterpart in this…

New invariants for 3-manifolds derived from equivariant Cerf theory.

Study stabilizes Morse-Bott cohomology for equivariant manifolds.

In this paper, we prove equivariant Morse inequalities via Bismut-Lebeau's analytic localization techniques. As an application, we obtain Morse inequalities on compact manifold with nonempty boundary by applying equivariant Morse inequalities to the doubling manifold.

We study the topology of moduli spaces of closed linkages in \R^d depending on a length vector \ell\in \R^n. In particular, we use equivariant Morse theory to obtain information on the homology groups of these spaces, which works best for odd d. In the case d=5 we calculate the Poincare polynomial in terms of combinato…

Generalizes Floer homotopy via Morse-Bott theory.

The paper studies Morse theory for Lie algebra actions on Riemannian foliations.

This work extends knot homology theory to links, proving exact triangles and categorifying link signatures.

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…

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…

Develops a new method for equivariant Lagrangian Floer homology using symplectic homotopy quotients.

We construct a deformed Morse complex computing the equivariant cohomology of a manifold M endowed with a smooth S^1-action. The deformation of the coboundary operator is given by counting gradient flow lines of a Morse function f that are allowed to "jump" along orbits of the S^1-action for finite time intervalls.

Paper proves finiteness and Morse index estimates for equivariant min-max hypersurfaces.

The paper studies twisted Morse homology and cohomology on manifolds.

We investigate an equivariant generalization of Morse theory for a general class of integrable models. In particular, we derive equivariant versions of the classical Poincaré-Hopf and Gauss-Bonnet-Chern theorems and present the corresponding path integral generalizations. Our approach is based on equivariant cohomology…

The paper constructs Morse complexes for orbifolds and shows their homologies are orbifold invariants.

We formalize an equivariant version of Bestvina-Brady discrete Morse theory, and apply it to Vietoris-Rips complexes in order to exhibit finite universal spaces for proper actions for all asymptotically CAT(0) groups.

An explicit isomorphism between Morse homology and singular homology is constructed via the technique of pseudo-cycles. Given a Morse cycle as a formal sum of critical points of a Morse function, the unstable manifolds for the negative gradient flow are compactified in a suitable way, such that gluing them appropriatel…

For an equivariant Morse stratification which contains a unique open stratum, we introduce the notion of equivariant antiperfection, which means the difference of the equivariant Morse series and the equivariant Poincare series achieves the maximal possible value (instead of the minimal possible value 0 in the equivari…

New Morse theory for path homology with coefficients.

Study of equivariant movie moves for involutive links.

New proof for discrete Morse theory using combinatorial construction.

Study homological mirror symmetry for Hirzebruch surfaces using Morse homotopy.

Study Morse complexity of manifolds and homology classes, proving bounds and implications.

Defines and calculates foliation homology from flows.

New pairing defined from Morse complexes for compact manifolds.

Homological mirror symmetry for toric Fano surfaces using Morse homotopy.

We give a new proof of the Morse Homology Theorem by constructing a chain complex associated to a Morse-Bott-Smale function that reduces to the Morse-Smale-Witten chain complex when the function is Morse-Smale and to the chain complex of smooth singular $N$-cube chains when the function is constant. We show that the ho…

Study of equivariant ribbon concordance using Khovanov homology.

Morse theory extended to noncompact manifolds with complex geometric data.

In this paper, we define a relative Morse complex for manifold with boundary using the handlebody decomposition of the manifold. We prove that the homology of the relative Morse complex is isomorphic to the relative singular homology. Furthermore, we construct $A_\infty$-category structure on the relative Morse complex…

New equivariant version of Khovanov homology for annuli.

Constructs Morse homology for complex algebraic varieties.

Unified Morse-Bott-Smale chain complex, resolves well-definedness issue.

Two Pin(2)-equivariant Floer homologies are shown to be equivalent.

Extends Morse-Novikov Homology to include differential graded coefficients and fibration structures.

Let G be a compact Lie group and A(G) its Burnside Ring. For a compact smooth n-dimensional G-manifold X equipped with a generic G-invariant vector field v, we prove an equivariant analog of the Morse formula Ind^G(v) = \sum_{k = 0}^{n} (-1)^k χ^G(\d_k^+X) which takes its values in A(G). Here Ind^G(v) denotes the equiv…

Two non-Morse-Bott Chern-Simons functions on homology 3-spheres.

Study rational homology of moduli space via Morse functions, proving stability phenomena.

An introduction to circle valued Morse theory and Novikov homology, from an algebraic point of view.

Let G be a compact Lie-group, X a compact G-CW-complex. We define equivariant geometric K-homology groups K^G_*(X), using an obvious equivariant version of the (M,E,f)-picture of Baum-Douglas for K-homology. We define explicit natural transformations to and from equivariant K-homology defined via KK-theory (the "offici…

We study the Morse theory of the Yang-Mills-Higgs functional on the space of pairs $(A,Φ)$, where $A$ is a unitary connection on a rank 2 hermitian vector bundle over a compact Riemann surface, and $Φ$ is a holomorphic section of $(E, d_A")$. We prove that a certain explicitly defined substratification of the Morse str…

We present three equivalent definitions of $S^1$-equivariant symplectic homology. We show that, using rational coefficients, the positive part of $S^1$-equivariant symplectic homology is isomorphic to linearized contact homology, when the latter is defined. We present several computations and applications, and introduc…

Notes on Morse Homology, focusing on gradient flow lines and semi-infinite dimensional cases.