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Maximal Poincaré polynomials and minimal Morse functions
Author(s):
V.
Benci;
K.
A.
de Rezende
Abstract | References | Similar articles | Additional information In this paper we introduce the maximum Poincaré polynomial
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V.
Benci
K.
A.
de Rezende
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of a compact manifold 
, and prove its uniqueness. We show that its coefficients are topological invariants of the manifolds which, in some cases, correspond to known ones. We also investigate its realizability via a Morse function on 
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