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In mathematics, the Lyusternik–Schnirelmann category (or, Lusternik–Schnirelmann category, LS-category) of a topological space is the homotopical invariant defined to be the smallest integer number such that there is an open covering of with the property that each inclusion map is nullhomotopic. For example, if is the circle, this takes the value two. Sometimes a different normalization of the invariant is adopted, which is one less than the definition above Such a normalization has been adopted in the definitive monograph by Cornea, Lupton, Oprea, and Tanré (see below). In general it is not easy to compute this invariant, which was initially introduced by Lazar Lyusternik and Lev Schnirelmann in connection with variational problems. It has a close connection with algebraic topology, in particular cup-length. In the modern normalization, the cup-length is a lower bound for LS category. It was, as originally defined for the case of ''X'' a manifold, the lower bound for the number of critical points that a real-valued function on ''X'' could possess (this should be compared with the result in Morse theory that shows that the sum of the Betti numbers is a lower bound for the number of critical points of a Morse function). The invariant has been generalized in several different directions (group actions, foliations, simplicial complexes,...) ==See also== * Ganea conjecture * Systolic category 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lusternik–Schnirelmann category」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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