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Morse theory

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of differentiable functions, where the domain of each is a manifold and the codomain is the real line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • March 14, 2018, Roger Penrose writing in The Guardian, Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary [...] the spaces that are used in Einstein’s theory are really pseudo-Riemannian and the relevant Morse theory differs in subtle but important ways.

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History

Etymology

Based on the work of Marston Morse.