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The existence theorem for a minimal Morse function on a pair of manifolds (M n,N k), wheren-k ≥ 3,k ≥ 6, is proved.
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Translated from Ukrainskii Matematiccheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 143–144, January, 1993.
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Prishlyak, A.O. Minimal Morse functions on a pair of manifolds. Ukr Math J 45, 160–161 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01062051
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01062051