Michael Farber
Cohomological estimates for cat(X,xi)
Farber, Michael; Schuetz, Dirk
Abstract
This paper studies the homotopy invariant cat(X,ξ) introduced in [1: Michael Farber, `Zeros of closed 1-forms, homoclinic orbits and Lusternik–Schnirelman theory', Topol. Methods Nonlinear Anal. 19 (2002) 123–152]. Given a finite cell-complex X, we study the function ξ→cat(X,ξ) where ξ varies in the cohomology space H1(X;R). Note that cat(X,ξ) turns into the classical Lusternik–Schnirelmann category cat(X) in the case ξ=0. Interest in cat(X,ξ) is based on its applications in dynamics where it enters estimates of complexity of the chain recurrent set of a flow admitting Lyapunov closed 1–forms, see [1] and [2: Michael Farber, ‘Topology of closed one-forms’, Mathematical Surveys and Monographs 108 (2004)]. In this paper we significantly improve earlier cohomological lower bounds for cat(X,ξ) suggested in [1] and [2]. The advantages of the current results are twofold: firstly, we allow cohomology classes ξ of arbitrary rank (while in [1] the case of rank one classes was studied), and secondly, the theorems of the present paper are based on a different principle and give slightly better estimates even in the case of rank one classes. We introduce in this paper a new controlled version of cat(X,ξ) and find upper bounds for it. We apply these upper and lower bounds in a number of specific examples where we explicitly compute cat(X,ξ) as a function of the cohomology class ξ∈ H1(X;R).
Citation
Farber, M., & Schuetz, D. (2007). Cohomological estimates for cat(X,xi). Geometry & Topology, 11(1), 1255-1288. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2007.11.1255
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jun 1, 2007 |
Deposit Date | Jul 19, 2007 |
Journal | Geometry and Topology |
Print ISSN | 1465-3060 |
Electronic ISSN | 1364-0380 |
Publisher | Mathematical Sciences Publishers (MSP) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 11 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 1255-1288 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2007.11.1255 |
Keywords | Lusternik–Schnirelmann theory, Closed 1-form, Cup-length. |
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