Morse Theory Of Gradient Flows, Concavity And Complexity On Manifolds With Boundary

This monograph is an account of the author's investigations of gradient vector flows on compact manifolds with boundary.\n\nMany mathematical structures and constructions in the book fit comfortably in the framework of Morse Theory and, more generally, of the Singularity Theory of smooth maps.The geometric and combinatorial structures, arising from the interactions of vector flows with the boundary of the manifold, are surprisingly rich. This geometric setting leads organically to many encounters with Singularity Theory, Combinatorics, Differential Topology, Differential Geometry, Dynamical Systems, and especially with the boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations. This diversity of connections animates the book and is the main motivation behind it.The book is divided into two parts. The first part describes the flows in three dimensions. It is more pictorial in nature. The second part deals with the multi-dimensional flows, and thus is more analytical. Each of the nine chapters starts with a description of its purpose and main results. This organization provides the reader with independent entrances into different chapters.Morse Theory Of Gradient Flows, Concavity And Complexity On Manifolds With Boundary is written by Gabriel Katz and published by World Scientific. ISBNs for Morse Theory Of Gradient Flows, Concavity And Complexity On Manifolds With Boundary are 9789814719681, 9814719684 and the print ISBNs are 9789814368759, 981436875X.