English

Noun

Morse function ‎(plural Morse functions)

1. A real-valued function on a differentiable manifold such that, at each point in its domain where the function's differential is zero, the function's Hessian is nonsingular.

Usage notes

• Some sources require also for each that the preimage of be compact, or that the preimage of contain at most one point with zero differential.

External links

• Morse function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia