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Structures of optimal discrete gradient vector fields on surface with one or two critical cells

Dynamical Systems 2023-03-14 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We describe all possible structures of discrete vector field (discrete Morse functions) with minimal number of critical cells on the regular CW-complex for the 2-disk (1 cell), the 2-sphere (2 cells), the cylinder (2 cells) and Mobius band (2 cells).

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@article{arxiv.2303.07258,
  title  = {Structures of optimal discrete gradient vector fields on surface with one or two critical cells},
  author = {Svitlana Bilun and Maria Hrechko and Olena Myshnova and Alexandr Prishlyak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.07258},
  year   = {2023}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures

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