Decomposição celular de variedades Grassmannianas via teoria de Morse

Abstract

We present in this work a CW cellular decomposition of Grassmannian varieties via Morse theory. This is done in two different ways. By means of matrix representations of Grassmannian called model projection and reflection model. We define Morse functions, namely a height-type function and a "square-distance" function, respectively, for each of the projection and reflection models. We study their critical points and their indices, thus obtaining two ways to calculate the CW cellular decomposition. In particular, in the projection model, this is done by displaying the integral curves associated with the gradient field of the height function.