Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guillemot, Alexandre, Lairez, Pierre
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.23073
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866910006222258176
author Guillemot, Alexandre
Lairez, Pierre
author_facet Guillemot, Alexandre
Lairez, Pierre
contents We study the theoretical and practical aspects of computing braids described by approximate descriptions of paths in the plane. Exact algorithms rely on the lexicographic ordering of the points in the plane, which is unstable under numerical uncertainty. Instead, we formalize an input model for approximate data, based on a separation predicate. It applies, for example, to paths obtained by tracking the roots of a parametrized polynomial with complex coefficients, thereby connecting certified path tracking outputs to exact braid computation.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2601_23073
institution arXiv
publishDate 2026
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Computing braids from approximate data
Guillemot, Alexandre
Lairez, Pierre
Computational Geometry
Symbolic Computation
We study the theoretical and practical aspects of computing braids described by approximate descriptions of paths in the plane. Exact algorithms rely on the lexicographic ordering of the points in the plane, which is unstable under numerical uncertainty. Instead, we formalize an input model for approximate data, based on a separation predicate. It applies, for example, to paths obtained by tracking the roots of a parametrized polynomial with complex coefficients, thereby connecting certified path tracking outputs to exact braid computation.
title Computing braids from approximate data
topic Computational Geometry
Symbolic Computation
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.23073