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The algebraic construction of the Novikov complex of a circle-valued Morse function

Algebraic Topology 2007-05-23 v2 Differential Geometry K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

The Novikov complex of a circle-valued Morse function is constructed algebraically from the Morse-Smale complex of the restriction to a fundamental domain of the real-valued Morse function on the pullback infinite cyclic cover.

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@article{arxiv.math/9903090,
  title  = {The algebraic construction of the Novikov complex of a circle-valued Morse function},
  author = {Andrew Ranicki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9903090},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

49 pages, amstex, with pictex and xypic diagrams. Revision of 1999 version, to appear in Mathematische Annalen