Persistent homology detects curvature

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Autori principali: Bubenik, Peter, Hull, Michael, Patel, Dhruv, Whittle, Benjamin
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author Bubenik, Peter
Hull, Michael
Patel, Dhruv
Whittle, Benjamin
author_facet Bubenik, Peter
Hull, Michael
Patel, Dhruv
Whittle, Benjamin
contents In topological data analysis, persistent homology is used to study the "shape of data". Persistent homology computations are completely characterized by a set of intervals called a bar code. It is often said that the long intervals represent the "topological signal" and the short intervals represent "noise". We give evidence to dispute this thesis, showing that the short intervals encode geometric information. Specifically, we prove that persistent homology detects the curvature of disks from which points have been sampled. We describe a general computational framework for solving inverse problems using the average persistence landscape, a continuous mapping from metric spaces with a probability measure to a Hilbert space. In the present application, the average persistence landscapes of points sampled from disks of constant curvature results in a path in this Hilbert space which may be learned using standard tools from statistical and machine learning.
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spellingShingle Persistent homology detects curvature
Bubenik, Peter
Hull, Michael
Patel, Dhruv
Whittle, Benjamin
Computational Geometry
Machine Learning
Algebraic Topology
55N99
In topological data analysis, persistent homology is used to study the "shape of data". Persistent homology computations are completely characterized by a set of intervals called a bar code. It is often said that the long intervals represent the "topological signal" and the short intervals represent "noise". We give evidence to dispute this thesis, showing that the short intervals encode geometric information. Specifically, we prove that persistent homology detects the curvature of disks from which points have been sampled. We describe a general computational framework for solving inverse problems using the average persistence landscape, a continuous mapping from metric spaces with a probability measure to a Hilbert space. In the present application, the average persistence landscapes of points sampled from disks of constant curvature results in a path in this Hilbert space which may be learned using standard tools from statistical and machine learning.
title Persistent homology detects curvature
topic Computational Geometry
Machine Learning
Algebraic Topology
55N99
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.13196