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MORSE INEQUALITIES FOR MANIFOLDS WITH BOUNDARY

  • Zadeh, Mostafa Esfahani (Georg-August-Universit at Gottingen, Germany and Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS))
  • Published : 2010.01.01

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to provide a proof for a version of the Morse inequalities for manifolds with boundary. Our main results are certainly known to the experts on Morse theory, nevertheless it seems necessary to write down a complete proof for it. Our proof is analytic and is based on the J. Roe account of Witten's approach to Morse Theory.

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