Y. Matsumoto, "An Introduction to Morse Theory"
English | 2001 | ISBN: 0821810227 | 219 pages | PDF | 9,7 MB
In a very broad sense, "spaces" are objects of study in geometry, and "functions" are objects of study in analysis. There are, however, deep relations between functions defined on a space and the shape of the space, and the study of these relations is the main theme of Morse theory.