Quadratic cohomology
Algebraic Topology
2014-12-16 v2 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
We study homological invariants of smooth families of real quadratic forms as a step towards a "Lagrange multipliers rule in the large" that intends to describe topology of smooth maps in terms of scalar Lagrange functions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1301.2059,
title = {Quadratic cohomology},
author = {Andrei Agrachev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.2059},
year = {2014}
}