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Generic existence of morse functions on infinite dimensional riemannian manifolds and applications

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  • Riemannian Manifold
  • Homotopy Type
  • Fredholm Operator
  • Morse Theory
  • Morse Function

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Motreanu, D. (1991). Generic existence of morse functions on infinite dimensional riemannian manifolds and applications. In: Ferus, D., Pinkall, U., Simon, U., Wegner, B. (eds) Global Differential Geometry and Global Analysis. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1481. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0083640

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