# Deformations of smooth functions on $2$-torus

## TL;DR

This paper computes the structure of groups related to Morse functions on the 2-torus, revealing their algebraic properties and how they encode symmetries and deformations of these functions.

## Contribution

It explicitly determines the groups of $f$-preserving diffeomorphisms and their automorphisms for Morse functions on the 2-torus, extending understanding of their algebraic and topological structure.

## Key findings

- Computed $oldsymbol{ ext{pi}_0 ext{S'}(f)}$ for Morse functions on $T^2$
- Determined the automorphism group $oldsymbol{G(f)}$ for these functions
- Analyzed the subgroup $oldsymbol{ ext{pi}_0 ext{Delta'}(f)}$ and its relation to the other groups

## Abstract

Let $f $ be a Morse function on a smooth compact surface $M$ and $\mathcal{S}'(f)$ be a group of $f$-preserving diffeomorphisms of $M$ which are isotopic to the identity map. Let also $G(f)$ be a group of automorphisms of the graph of $f$ induced by elements from $\mathcal{S}'(f)$, and $\Delta'$ be a subgroup of $\mathcal{S}'(f)$ of diffeomorphisms which trivially act on the graph of $f$ and are isotopic to the identity map. The group $\pi_0\mathcal{S}'(f)$ can be viewed as an analogue of a mapping class group for $f$-preserved diffeomorphisms of $M$. Groups $\pi_0\Delta'(f)$ and $G(f)$ can be viewed as groups which encode `combinatorially trivial' and `combinatorially nontrivial' counterparts of $\pi_0\mathcal{S}'(f)$ respectively. In the paper we compute groups $\pi_0\mathcal{S}'(f)$, $G(f)$, and $\pi_0\Delta'(f)$ for Morse functions on $2$-torus $T^2$.