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Morse theory is applied to the family of solitons of a system of coupled scalar fields in two spacetime dimensións. The topology of the configuration space with very important dynamical properties is described in detail.
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Guilarte, J.M. A note on morse theory and one-dimensional solitons. Lett Math Phys 14, 169–176 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00420308
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