{"product_id":"morse-theory-and-floer-homology-paperback","title":"Morse Theory and Floer Homology - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichèle Audin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMihai Damian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eReinie Erné\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Part I.- Morse Functions.- Pseudo-Gradients.- The Morse Complex.- Morse Homology, Applications.- Introduction to Part II.- What You Need To Know About Symplectic Geometry.- The Arnold Conjecture and the Floer Equation.- The Maslov Index.- Linearization and Transversality.- Spaces of Trajectories.- From Floer To Morse.- Floer Homology: Invariance.- Elliptic Regularity.- Technical Lemmas.- Exercises for the Second Part.- Appendices: What You Need to Know to Read This Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorse homology also serves 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three appendices present a few prerequisites in differential geometry, algebraic topology and analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book originated in a graduate course given at Strasbourg University, and contains a large range of figures and exercises. \u003ci\u003eMorse Theory and Floer Homology\u003c\/i\u003e will be particularly helpful for graduate and postgraduate students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 596\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.24 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717787947071,"sku":"9781447154952","price":161.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1bdc7dfa50c1386de77649a8b29bc4c3.webp?v=1765079676","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/morse-theory-and-floer-homology-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}