Morse theory

noun

The study of differentiable functions, where the domain of each is a manifold and the codomain is the real line.

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Meanings

nounMorse theory (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemathematicsThe study of differentiable functions, where the domain of each is a manifold and the codomain is the real line.

    March 14, 2018', Roger Penrose writing in The Guardian, Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary […] the spaces that are used in Einstein’s theory are really pseudo-Riemannian and the relevant Morse theory differs in subtle but important ways.

Origin

Based on the work of Marston Morse.

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