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This paper focuses on the problem of topological equivalence of functions with isolated critical points on the boundary of a compact surface $M$ which are also isolated critical points of their restrictions to the boundary. This class of functions we denote by $Ω(M)$. Firstly, we've obtained the topological classificat…

To each isolated critical point of a smooth function on a 3-manifold we put in correspondence a tree (graph without cycles). We will prove that functions are topologically equivalent in the neighborhoods of critical points if and only if the corresponding trees are isomorphic. A complete topological invariant of functi…

The article applies Lusternik-Schnirelmann theory to establish lower bounds on critical points using sequential and parametrized topological complexity.

Distance function to a finite set is a topological Morse function.

We consider functions with isolated critical points on a closed surface. We prove that in a neighborhood of a critical point the function conjugates with Re$z^k$ for the some nonnegative integer k. The full topological invariant of such functions is constructed.

Paper proves convex domains have one maximum for semi-stable solutions.

Study classifies Morse functions with 4 critical points on immersed 2-spheres.

By means of color chord diagrams we establish a necessary and sufficient condition for $O$-topological equivalence of functions with one essentially critical point on oriented surfaces with edge. We also calculate the number of $O$-topologically non-equivalent functions with one essentially critical point on oriented s…

Entropy of critical points generalizes Morse theory.

We study topology change in (2+1)D gravity coupling with non-Abelian SO(2,1) Higgs field from the point of view of Morse theory. It is shown that the Higgs potential can be identified as a Morse function. The critical points of the latter (i.e. loci of change of the spacetime topology) coincide with zeros of the Higgs …

We prove that the number of critical points of a Li-Tam Green's function on a complete open Riemannian surface of finite type admits a topological upper bound, given by the first Betti number of the surface. In higher dimensions, we show that there are no topological upper bounds on the number of critical points by con…

In this note I use cup-products and higher Massey products to find topological lower bounds on the number of geometrically distinct critical points of any closed 1-form in a given cohomology class.

Classical Morse theory proceeds by considering sublevel sets $f^{-1}(-\infty, a]$ of a Morse function $f: M \to R$, where $M$ is a smooth finite-dimensional manifold. In this paper, we study the topology of the level sets $f^{-1}(a)$ and give conditions under which the topology of $f^{-1}(a)$ changes when passing a cri…

The paper classifies surfaces formed by quadrilateral gluings.

Study on critical faces convergence in a Poisson point process.

Recently the first author studied the bifurcation of critical points of families of functionals on a Hilbert space, which are parametrised by a compact and orientable manifold having a non-vanishing first integral cohomology group. We improve this result in two directions: topologically and analytically. From the analy…

Smooth tori in S^4 are topologically unknotted.

The paper explores how topological methods can reveal insights into electric charge distributions on knots.

We study the problem of prescribing the Paneitz curvature on higher dimensional spheres. Particular attention is paid to the blow-up points, i.e. the critical points at infinity of the corresponding variational problem. Using topological tools and a careful analysis of the gradient flow lines in the neighborhood of suc…

Study topological properties of integrable case on Lie algebra so(4).

We use noncommutative localization to construct a chain complex which counts the critical points of a circle-valued Morse function on a manifold, generalizing the Novikov complex. As a consequence we obtain new topological lower bounds on the minimum number of critical points of a circle-valued Morse function within a …

The paper studies the locus in the rank 2 Higgs bundle moduli space corresponding to points which are critical for d of the Poisson commuting functions. These correspond to the Higgs field vanishing on a divisor of degree D. The degree D critical locus has an induced integrable system related to K(-D)-twisted Higgs bun…

The diameter function is a topological Morse function.

The main result of this paper is a construction of solutions to the reverse Yang-Mills-Higgs flow converging in the $C^\infty$ topology to a critical point. The construction uses only the complex gauge group action, which leads to an algebraic classification of the isomorphism classes of points in the unstable set of a…

Study on complexity of random polynomials with deterministic spikes, identifying phase transitions.

Survey on manifold complexities and motion planning in robotics.

We analyze the landscape of empirical risk minimization for high-dimensional models, predicting phase transitions and critical point properties.

Assume that there exists a smooth map between two closed manifolds $M^m\to N^k$ with only finitely many cone-like singular points, where $2\leq k\leq m\leq 2k-1$. If $(m,k)\not\in\{(2,2), (4,3), (5,3), (8,5), (16,9)\}$, then $M^m$ admits a locally trivial topological fibration over $N^k$ and there exists a smooth map $…

We study the dynamics of the vector field on an open surface given by the gradient of a Green's function. This dynamical approach enables us to show that this field induces an invariant decomposition of the surface as the union of a disk and a 1-skeleton that encodes the topology of the surface. We analyze the structur…

We present the complete analytical classification of the atoms arising at the critical points of rank 1 of the Kowalevski-Yehia gyrostat. To classify the Smale-Fomenko diagrams, all separating values of the gyrostatic momentum are found. We present a kind of constructor of the Fomenko graphs; its application gives the …

Geodesic nets on flat spheres are studied using Gauss-Bonnet theorem.

The paper explores the shape of filling-systole subspace in surface moduli space and critical points of systole function.

The Morse function $f$ near a non-degenerate critical point $p$ is understood topologically, in the light of Morse's lemma. However, Morse's lemma standardizes the function $f$ itself, providing little information of how the gradient $\nabla f$ behaves. In this paper, we prove an analytical analogue of Morse's lemma, s…

We characterize those closed $2k$-manifolds admitting smooth maps into $(k+1)$-manifolds with only finitely many critical points, for $k\in\{2,4\}$. We compute then the minimal number of critical points of such smooth maps for $k=2$ and, under some fundamental group restrictions, also for $k=4$. The main ingredients ar…

The distance function to a generic submanifold behaves well under small perturbations.

We give the details of the proof of the equality between the critical groups, with respect the H^1 and C^1 topology, at a non-degenerate critical point of the energy functional of a non-reversible Finsler manifold (M,F), defined on the Hilbert manifold of the H^1 curves connecting two given points on M.

We develop Morse theory for manifolds with boundary. Besides standard and expected facts like the handle cancellation theorem and the Morse lemma for manifolds with boundary, we prove that, under a topological assumption, a critical point in the interior of a Morse function can be moved to the boundary, where it splits…

In this paper I suggest an alternative approach (using generic flat bundles and higher Massey products) to a Lusternik-Schnirelman type theory for closed 1-forms (cf. also math.DG/9811113)

Often noisy point clouds are given as an approximation of a particular compact set of interest. A finite point cloud is a compact set. This paper proves a reconstruction theorem which gives a sufficient condition, as a bound on the Hausdorff distance between two compact sets, for when certain offsets of these two sets …

Solves an Arnold trivium problem using calculus and topology.

The Morse-Bott inequalities relate the topology of a closed manifold to the topology of the critical point set of a Morse-Bott function defined on it. The Morse-Bott inequalities are sometimes stated under incorrect orientation assumptions. We show that these assumptions are insufficient with an explicit counterexample…

General equilibrium is the dominant theoretical framework for economic policy analysis at the level of the whole economy. In practice, general equilibrium treats economies as being always in equilibrium, albeit in a sequence of equilibria as driven by external changes in parameters. This view is sometimes defended on t…

Authors construct symplectic Lefschetz pencils on complex projective plane.

Study finds multiple solutions for Gross-Pitaevskii equations on curved spaces.

TDA detects financial bubbles through early warning signals.

Quantum phase diagrams for Chern topological insulators show jumps at critical loci.

We give a simple algorithm that determines whether a given post-critically finite topological polynomial is Thurston equivalent to a polynomial. If it is, the algorithm produces the Hubbard tree; otherwise, the algorithm produces the canonical obstruction. Our approach is rooted in geometric group theory, using iterati…

Study homotopy equivalence of spaces of gradient-like flows and Morse functions on surfaces.