Morse Theory for Geodesics in Conical Manifolds

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2010-12-26

arxiv.org/abs/1012.5520v1

Mediterr. J. Math. 4 (2007), no. 2, 229-244

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Analysis of PDEs

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The aim of this paper is to extend the Morse theory for geodesics to the conical manifolds. We define these manifolds as submanifolds of $\R^n$ with a finite number of conical singularities. To formulate a good Morse theory we must use an appropriate definition of geodesic. The main theorem of this paper claims that, although the energy is nonsmooth, we can find a continuous retraction of its sublevels in absence of critical points. So, we can give a good definition of index for isolated critical values and for isolated critical points. We prove that Morse relations hold and, at last, we give a definition of multiplicity of geodesics which is geometrical meaningful.

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