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Morse–Bott cohomology from homological perturbation theory

Zhengyi Zhou

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 24 (2024) 1321–1429
Abstract

We construct cochain complexes generated by the cohomology of critical manifolds in the abstract setup of flow categories for Morse–Bott theories under minimum transversality assumptions. We discuss the relations between different constructions of Morse–Bott theories. In particular, we explain how homological perturbation theory is used in Morse–Bott theories, and both our construction and the cascades construction can be interpreted as applications of homological perturbations. In the presence of group actions, we construct cochain complexes for the equivariant theory. Expected properties like the independence of approximations of classifying spaces and the existence of the action spectral sequence are proven. We carry out our construction for Morse–Bott functions on closed manifolds and prove it recovers the regular cohomology. We outline the project of combining our construction with polyfold theory.

Keywords
Morse–Bott theory, homological perturbation theory, Floer cohomology, equivariant theory
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 53D40, 57R58
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Publication
Received: 14 October 2020
Revised: 12 October 2022
Accepted: 31 October 2022
Published: 28 June 2024
Authors
Zhengyi Zhou
Morningside Center of Mathematics and Institute of Mathematics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
China

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