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Why is the Vietoris–Rips complex $\operatorname{VR}(S, \epsilon)$ a subset of the Čech complex $\operatorname{Čech}(S, \epsilon\sqrt{2})$?
$\DeclareMathOperator\Cech{Čech}\DeclareMathOperator\VR{VR}$I am reading Fasy, Lecci, Rinaldo, Wasserman, Balakrishnan, and Singh - Confidence sets for persistence diagrams (see here for a version of ...
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Detecting a PL sphere and decompositions
Question 1. A PL $n$-sphere is a pure simplicial complex that is a triangulation of the $n$-sphere. I'm looking for a computer algorithm that gives a Yes/No answer to whether a given simplicial ...
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Description of a point cloud being "undersampled" wrt persistent homology, confidence level?
I am completely new to topological data analysis, so I apologise if this is a well-known area of persistent homology, as well as for any imprecise language.
Suppose we know completely the topological ...
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Do there exist smaller simplicial models of barycentric subdivisions?
Let $S$ be a simplicial complex and let $Bary(S)$ denote its barycentric subdivision.
Of course, the geometric realizations of $S$ and $Bary(S)$ are homeomorphic.
However, one issue that arises in ...
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Explicit form of boundary operators of topological cones
Let $\Omega$ be a regular, finite, $n$-dimensional CW complex with chain modules $\mathscr{C}_k$ and boundary operators $\partial_k$.
For many problems in computational geometry, a key operation is to ...
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Is there an upper bound on the number of points in point cloud for which we compute the persistent homology?
I am interested in the topic of persistent homology (topological data analysis). According to what I read, there is some roadblock in the analysis of "big data" using persistent homology as it is ...
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First Betti number of a Reeb graph is not greater than that of the space?
(I have asked this question at math stackexchange, it was upvoted but got no answers; maybe you can help.)
It is well-known that $\beta_1(R(f))\le\beta_1(X)$, where $\beta_1$ is the first Betti ...
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Facet counting argument for polytopes
Consider a pair of piecewise-linear cobordant $n$ dimensional polyhedra $P_1, P_2$ sitting in $\mathbb{R}^{n+2}$ (with some fixed orientation).
Let $O$ be an $n+1$ dimensional piecewise-linear ...
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Computing homology of subvarieties of Euclidean spaces by persistent homology
Let $M$ be a submanifold of the Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$. Let $G$ be a finite group acting on $M$ freely. I want to compute the homology (or even the cohomology ring) of $M/G$.
Suppose the ...
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Graph spectra and topology
This is a somewhat vague question, but I'm wondering if there has been any research into connections between the spectrum of a graph and some notion of the "topology" of that graph.
To give an ...
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cohomology ring of compact submanifolds of Euclidean spaces
Suppose we have a compact $m$-dimensional submanifold $M$ of $\mathbb{R}^N$ and we want to know the cohomology ring $H^*(M;\mathbb{Z})$.
Let $\epsilon>0$ and a $m$-dimensional finite simplicial ...
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Explicit computation of the action of a Dehn twist on the fundamental group of a surface
Let $S$ be a compact orientable surface of genus $g$. Now let $p\in S$ and $\gamma$ a closed simple curve on $S$ disjoint from $p$. It is not very difficult to compute the action of a Dehn twist along ...
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Triangulation of the surface determined by sampling two of its cross-sections
I have a data set that essentially looks like the picture below, i.e., it's given by sets of points in $\mathbb{R}^3$ that sample the cross-sections of a certain surface that in principle I do not ...
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Known graph/surface invariants that can be extracted from homology over different fields
The $Z_2$-homology of a surface viewed as a simplicial complex allows us to extract interesting invariants from the resulting homology groups. $\beta_0$ is the number of connected components, $\beta_1$...
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Computational software in Algebraic Topology?
I was wondering if there is any good software out there that allows you to do specific computations in algebraic topology. For example:
Create a simplicial complex/set and ask questions about its ...
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