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Zh. Mat. Fiz. Anal. Geom., 2020 Volume 16, Number 2, Pages 138–160 (Mi jmag750)

Automorphisms of cellular divisions of $2$-sphere induced by functions with isolated critical points

Anna Kravchenkoa, Sergiy Maksymenkob

a Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
b Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Abstract: Let $f:S^2\to \mathbb{R}$ be a Morse function on the $2$-sphere and $K$ be a connected component of some level set of $f$ containing at least one saddle critical point. Then $K$ is a $1$-dimensional CW-complex cellularly embedded into $S^2$, so the complement $S^2\setminus K$ is a union of open $2$-disks $D_1,\ldots, D_k$. Let $\mathcal{S}_{K}(f)$ be the group of isotopic to the identity diffeomorphisms of $S^2$ leaving invariant $K$ and also each level set $f^{-1}(c)$, $c\in\mathbb{R}$. Then each $h\in \mathcal{S}_{K}(f)$ induces a certain permutation $\sigma_{h}$ of those disks. Denote by $G = \{ \sigma_h \mid h \in \mathcal{S}_{K}(f)\}$ the group of all such permutations. We prove that $G$ is isomorphic to a finite subgroup of $SO(3)$.

Key words and phrases: surface, Morse function, diffeomorphisms.

MSC: 20E22, 57M60, 22F50

Received: 18.11.2019
Revised: 29.01.2020

Language: English

DOI: 10.15407/mag16.02.138



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