We study the homotopy invariants of crossed and Hilbert complexes. These invariants are applied to the calculation of the exact values of Morse numbers of smooth cobordisms.
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Published in Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 119–129, January, 2011.
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Sharko, V.V. Morse functions on cobordisms. Ukr Math J 63, 146–157 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11253-011-0493-0
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