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An application of the Morse theory to foliated manifolds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Kazuhiko Fukui*
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, Kyoto University
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In [5], R. Thorn has started the study of the foliated structures by using the Morse theory. Recently K. Yamato [7] has studied the topological properties of leaves of a codimension one foliated manifold by investigating the “critical points” of variation equation of the given one-form.

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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1974

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