Arnold–Thom conjecture for gradient flow lines

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Let ff be a real analytic function on an open set U⊂RnU\subset\mathbb{R}^n, and let x(t)x(t) be a gradient flow line of ff with a limit point x0∈Ux_0\in U. Arnold–Thom conjecture. If x(t)x(t) has a limit point x0∈Ux_0\in U, then the limit of the unit tangents

x′(t)∣x(t)∣\frac{x'(t)}{|x(t)|}

at x0x_0 exists. This conjecture concerns the asymptotic direction of gradient trajectories near limit points and is presented in the source as remaining open.

References

Primary source

Teresa Crespo, Zbigniew Hajto and Rouzbeh Mohseni, “Real Liouvillian Extensions of Partial Differential Fields”, arXiv:2104.09548 (2021).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2017–2021). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1804.08999, arXiv:1712.05381.

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