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Massey products and critical points

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Topology Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

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.

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@article{arxiv.math/9810030,
  title  = {Massey products and critical points},
  author = {Michael Farber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9810030},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages

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