On Morse theory for piecewise smooth functions

Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-469

  Agrachev, A A ^a   Pallaschke, D ^c   Scholtes, S ^b  

^a STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous selection; Critical point; Nonsmooth Morse theory

Indexed keywords

PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; SET THEORY;

MORSE THEORY;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0031246537     PISSN: 10792724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02463278     Document Type: Article

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