Proof of the gradient conjecture of R. Thom.

DOI10.2307/2661354zbMath1053.37008arXivmath/9906212OpenAlexW2105735474WikidataQ123365471 ScholiaQ123365471MaRDI QIDQ5931223

Tadeusz Mostowski, Adam Parusiński, Krzysztof Kurdyka

Publication date: 14 May 2001

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9906212

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics induced by flows and semiflows (37C10) Gradient-like behavior; isolated (locally maximal) invariant sets; attractors, repellers for topological dynamical systems (37B35) Semi-analytic sets, subanalytic sets, and generalizations (32B20)

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