The space of discrete Morse functions
Abstract
In this work, we introduce a combinatorial-geometric model for the space of discrete Morse functions on any CW complex X. We relate this version of a space of discrete Morse functions to the space of cellular filtrations of X and discuss its relationship to various concepts such as smooth Morse theory, Cerf theory, complexes of discrete Morse matchings, and induced merge trees and barcodes.
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