Computing Optimal Persistent Cycles for Levelset Zigzag on Manifold-like Complexes

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Autori principali: Dey, Tamal K., Hou, Tao, Pulavarthy, Anirudh
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author Dey, Tamal K.
Hou, Tao
Pulavarthy, Anirudh
author_facet Dey, Tamal K.
Hou, Tao
Pulavarthy, Anirudh
contents In standard persistent homology, a persistent cycle born and dying with a persistence interval (bar) associates the bar with a concrete topological representative, which provides means to effectively navigate back from the barcode to the topological space. Among the possibly many, optimal persistent cycles bring forth further information due to having guaranteed quality. However, topological features usually go through variations in the lifecycle of a bar which a single persistent cycle may not capture. Hence, for persistent homology induced from PL functions, we propose levelset persistent cycles consisting of a sequence of cycles that depict the evolution of homological features from birth to death. Our definition is based on levelset zigzag persistence which involves four types of persistence intervals as opposed to the two types in standard persistence. For each of the four types, we present a polynomial-time algorithm computing an optimal sequence of levelset persistent $p$-cycles for the so-called weak $(p+1)$-pseudomanifolds. Given that optimal cycle problems for homology are NP-hard in general, our results are useful in practice because weak pseudomanifolds do appear in applications. Our algorithms draw upon an idea of relating optimal cycles to min-cuts in a graph that was exploited earlier for standard persistent cycles. Notice that levelset zigzag poses non-trivial challenges for the approach because a sequence of optimal cycles instead of a single one needs to be computed in this case. We show some empirical evidence that optimal cycles produced by our implemented software have nice quality.
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spellingShingle Computing Optimal Persistent Cycles for Levelset Zigzag on Manifold-like Complexes
Dey, Tamal K.
Hou, Tao
Pulavarthy, Anirudh
Computational Geometry
Algebraic Topology
In standard persistent homology, a persistent cycle born and dying with a persistence interval (bar) associates the bar with a concrete topological representative, which provides means to effectively navigate back from the barcode to the topological space. Among the possibly many, optimal persistent cycles bring forth further information due to having guaranteed quality. However, topological features usually go through variations in the lifecycle of a bar which a single persistent cycle may not capture. Hence, for persistent homology induced from PL functions, we propose levelset persistent cycles consisting of a sequence of cycles that depict the evolution of homological features from birth to death. Our definition is based on levelset zigzag persistence which involves four types of persistence intervals as opposed to the two types in standard persistence. For each of the four types, we present a polynomial-time algorithm computing an optimal sequence of levelset persistent $p$-cycles for the so-called weak $(p+1)$-pseudomanifolds. Given that optimal cycle problems for homology are NP-hard in general, our results are useful in practice because weak pseudomanifolds do appear in applications. Our algorithms draw upon an idea of relating optimal cycles to min-cuts in a graph that was exploited earlier for standard persistent cycles. Notice that levelset zigzag poses non-trivial challenges for the approach because a sequence of optimal cycles instead of a single one needs to be computed in this case. We show some empirical evidence that optimal cycles produced by our implemented software have nice quality.
title Computing Optimal Persistent Cycles for Levelset Zigzag on Manifold-like Complexes
topic Computational Geometry
Algebraic Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.00518