Dimension-independent simplification and refinement of Morse complexes

  • Authors:
  • Lidija omić;Leila De Floriani

  • Affiliations:
  • Faculty of Engineering, University of Novi Sad, Trg D. Obradovića 6, Novi Sad, Serbia;Department of Computer Science, University of Genova, via Dodecaneso 35, Genova, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Graphical Models
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Ascending and descending Morse complexes, determined by a scalar field f defined over a manifold M, induce a subdivision of M into regions associated with critical points of f, and compactly represent the topology of M. We define two simplification operators on Morse complexes, which work in arbitrary dimensions, and we define their inverse refinement operators. We describe how simplification and refinement operators affect Morse complexes on M, and we show that these operators form a complete set of atomic operators to create and update Morse complexes on M. Thus, any operator that modifies Morse complexes on M can be expressed as a suitable sequence of the atomic simplification and refinement operators we have defined. The simplification and refinement operators also provide a suitable basis for the construction of a multi-resolution representation of Morse complexes.