Amplitudes in persistence theory
Abstract
The use of persistent homology in applications is justified by the validity of certain stability results. At the core of such results is a notion of distance between the invariants that one associates with data sets. Here we introduce a general framework to compare distances and invariants in multiparameter persistence, where there is no natural choice of invariants and distances between them. We define amplitudes, monotone, and subadditive invariants that arise from assigning a non-negative real number to objects of an abelian category. We then present different ways to associate distances to such invariants, and we provide a classification of classes of amplitudes relevant to topological data analysis. In addition, we study the the relationships as well as the discriminitative power of such amplitude distances arising in topological data analysis scenarios.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2107.09036,
title = {Amplitudes in persistence theory},
author = {Barbara Giunti and John S. Nolan and Nina Otter and Lukas Waas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.09036},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
35 pages, accepted for publication in Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra