A point calculus for interlevel set homology

  • Authors:
  • Paul Bendich;Sergio Cabello;Herbert Edelsbrunner

  • Affiliations:
  • IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria;IMFM and FMF, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia;IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria and Departments of Computer Science and of Mathematics, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States and Geomagic, ...

  • Venue:
  • Pattern Recognition Letters
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The theory of persistent homology opens up the possibility to reason about topological features of a space or a function quantitatively and in combinatorial terms. We refer to this new angle at a classical subject within algebraic topology as a point calculus, which we present for the family of interlevel sets of a real-valued function. Our account of the subject is expository, devoid of proofs, and written for non-experts in algebraic topology.