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Publication date: 14 March 2002

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critical points handlebodies Morse functions handle decompositions

General low-dimensional topology (57M99) Surgery and handlebodies (57R65) Critical points and critical submanifolds in differential topology (57R70) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-02) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19)

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