Computation of homology groups and generators

  • Authors:
  • Samuel Peltier;Sylvie Alayrangues;Laurent Fuchs;Jacques-Olivier Lachaud

  • Affiliations:
  • SIC (FRE 2731 CNRS), Université de Poitiers, Boulevard Marie et Pierre Curie, 86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France;LaBRI, Université Bordeaux 1, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France;SIC (FRE 2731 CNRS), Université de Poitiers, Boulevard Marie et Pierre Curie, 86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France;LaBRI, Université Bordeaux 1, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Graphics
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Topological invariants are extremely useful in many applications related to digital imaging and geometric modeling, and homology is a classical one, which has not yet been fully explored in image applications. We present an algorithm that computes the whole homology of an object of arbitrary dimension: Betti numbers, torsion coefficients and generators. Effective implementation of this algorithm has been realized in order to perform experimentations. Results on classical shapes in algebraic topology and on discrete objects are presented and discussed.