arXiv · 2408.10687
Structure of optimal gradient flows bifurcations on closed surfaces
Abstract
We consider structure of typical gradient flows bifurcations on closed surfaces with minimal number of singular points. There are two type of such bifurcations: saddle-node (SN) and saddle connections (SC). The structure of a bifurcation is determinated by codimension one flow in the moment of bifurcation. We use the chord diagrams to specify the flows up to topological trajectory equivivalence. A chord diagram with a marked arc is complete topological invariant of a SN-bifurcations and a chord diagram with T-insert -- of SC-bifurcations. We list all such diagrams for flows on norientable surfaces of genus at most 2 and nonorientable surfaces of genus at most 3. For each of diagram we found inverse one that correspond the inverse flow.
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Illia Ovtsynov, Alexandr Prishlyak. 2024-08-20. Structure of optimal gradient flows bifurcations on closed surfaces. https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.10687
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