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Diffeomorphisms preserving Morse-Bott functions

Differential Geometry 2020-09-01 v4 Algebraic Topology Geometric Topology

Abstract

Let f:MRf:M\to\mathbb{R} be a Morse-Bott function on a closed manifold MM, so the set Σf\Sigma_f of its critical points is a closed submanifold whose connected components may have distinct dimensions. Denote by S(f)={hD(M)fh=h}\mathcal{S}(f) = \{h \in \mathcal{D}(M) \mid f\circ h=h \} the group of diffeomorphisms of MM preserving ff and let D(Σf)\mathcal{D}(\Sigma_f) be the group of diffeomorphisms of Σf\Sigma_f. We prove that the "restriction to Σf\Sigma_f" map ρ:S(f)D(Σf)\rho:\mathcal{S}(f) \to \mathcal{D}(\Sigma_f), ρ(h)=hΣf\rho(h) = h|_{\Sigma_f}, is a locally trivial fibration over its image ρ(S(f))\rho(\mathcal{S}(f)).

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@article{arxiv.1808.03582,
  title  = {Diffeomorphisms preserving Morse-Bott functions},
  author = {Oleksandra Khokhliuk and Sergiy Maksymenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.03582},
  year   = {2020}
}

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