Morse theory of harmonic forms

Details Morse theory of harmonic forms Morse theory of harmonic forms

1997-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/dg-ga/9711007v1

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

16 pages, AMSTex, 12 figures

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We consider the problem of whether it is possible to improve the Novikov inequalities for closed 1-forms, or any other inequalities of a similar nature, if we assume, additionally, that the given 1-form is harmonic with respect to some Riemannian metric. We show that, under suitable assumptions, it is impossible. We use, in an essential way, a theorem of E.Calabi characterizing 1-forms which are harmonic with respect to some metric. We also study some interesting examples illustrating our results.

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