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Morse Theory and Floer Homology

de Michèle Audinet (auteur), Damian Mihai (auteur)
Collection : Universitext
février 2014
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Présentation

This book is an introduction to modern methods of symplectic topology. It is devoted to explaining the solution of an important problem originating from classical mechanics: the 'Arnold conjecture', which asserts that the number of 1-periodic trajectories of a non-degenerate Hamiltonian system is bounded below by the dimension of the homology of the underlying manifold.

The first part is a thorough introduction to Morse theory, a fundamental tool of differential topology. It defines the Morse complex and the Morse homology, and develops some of their applications.

Morse homology also serves as a simple model for Floer homology, which is covered in the second part. Floer homology is an infinite-dimensional analogue of Morse homology. Its involvement has been crucial in the recent achievements in symplectic geometry and in particular in the proof of the Arnold conjecture. The building blocks of Floer homology are more intricate and imply the use of more sophisticated analytical methods, all of which are explained in this second part.

The three appendices present a few prerequisites in differential geometry, algebraic topology and analysis. The book originated in a graduate course given at Strasbourg University, and contains a large range of figures and exercises. Morse Theory and Floer Homology will be particularly helpful for graduate and postgraduate students.

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Caractéristiques

Langue(s) : Anglais

Public(s) : Public élargi

Editeur : EDP Sciences

Edition : 1ère édition

Collection : Universitext

Publication : 1 février 2014

EAN13 Livre papier : 9782759807048

Intérieur : Noir & blanc

Format (en mm) Livre papier : 1 x 1

Nombre de pages Livre papier : 596

Poids (en grammes) : 1

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