Differential Topology
A proof of Morseʼs theorem about the cancellation of critical points
[Une preuve du théorème de Morse sur lʼélimination de points critiques]
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Tome 351 (2013) no. 11-12, pp. 483-488.

Dans cette Note, nous présentons une preuve du célèbre théorème de M. Morse concernant lʼélimination dʼune paire de points critiques non dégénérés pour une fonction C sur une variété différentiable. Notre preuve consiste à réduire la question au cas facile dʼune fonction dʼune variable.

In this Note, we give a proof of the famous theorem of M. Morse dealing with the cancellation of a pair of non-degenerate critical points of a smooth function. Our proof consists of a reduction to the one-dimensional case where the question becomes easy to answer.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crma.2013.06.009
Laudenbach, François 1

1 Laboratoire de mathématiques Jean Leray, UMR 6629 du CNRS, faculté des sciences et techniques, université de Nantes, 2, rue de la Houssinière, 44322 Nantes cedex 3, France
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Laudenbach, François. A proof of Morseʼs theorem about the cancellation of critical points. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Tome 351 (2013) no. 11-12, pp. 483-488. doi : 10.1016/j.crma.2013.06.009. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1016/j.crma.2013.06.009/

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