Morse complexity vanishes for odd-dimensional homology classes, is governed by higher signatures in even dimensions, and is positive for locally symmetric spaces with discrete series, forbidding open book decompositions.
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Morse complexity of homology classes
Morse complexity vanishes for odd-dimensional homology classes, is governed by higher signatures in even dimensions, and is positive for locally symmetric spaces with discrete series, forbidding open book decompositions.