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Differentiable mappings with an infinite number of critical points

Author(s): C. Pintea
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 128 (2000), 3435-3444.
MSC (2000): Primary 55Q05, 57R70, 57S25
Posted: May 2, 2000
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Abstract:

In this paper we shall give some sufficient conditions in order that the so-called $\varphi$-category of a pair $(M,N)$ of differentiable manifolds be infinite.


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Additional Information:

C. Pintea
Affiliation: Faculty of Mathematics, ``Babes-Bolyai" University, Str. M. Kogalniceanu 1, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Email: cpintea@math.ubbcluj.ro

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-00-05392-2
PII: S 0002-9939(00)05392-2
Keywords: $G$-manifolds, critical points, critical orbits, homotopy groups
Received by editor(s): October 16, 1997
Received by editor(s) in revised form: December 18, 1998
Posted: May 2, 2000
Additional Notes: This paper is a part of the author's doctoral dissertation.
Communicated by: Ralph Cohen
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society


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