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Morse theory, Milnor fibers and minimality of hyperplane arrangements
Author(s):
Richard
Randell
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
130
(2002),
2737-2743.
MSC (2000):
Primary 52C35, 55Q52;
Secondary 14N20, 32S22
Posted:
February 4, 2002
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Abstract:
Through the study of Morse theory on the associated Milnor fiber, we show that complex hyperplane arrangement complements are minimal. That is, the complement of any complex hyperplane arrangement has the homotopy type of a CW-complex in which the number of  -cells equals the  -th betti number. Combining this result with recent work of Papadima and Suciu, one obtains a characterization of when arrangement complements are Eilenberg-MacLane spaces.
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Additional Information:
Richard
Randell
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Email:
randell@math.uiowa.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06412-2
PII:
S 0002-9939(02)06412-2
Keywords:
Hyperplane arrangement,
Milnor fiber,
Morse theory
Received by editor(s):
November 29, 2000
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
April 16, 2001
Posted:
February 4, 2002
Communicated by:
Ronald A. Fintushel
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