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Differential Calculus on Hypergraphs and Mayer-Vietoris Sequences for the Constrained Persistent Homology

Algebraic Topology 2023-10-24 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we study the discrete differential calculus on hypergraphs by using the Kouzul complexes. We define the constrained (co)homology for hypergraphs and give the corresponding Mayer-Vietoris sequences. We prove the functoriality of the Mayer-Vietoris sequences for the constrained homology and the functoriality of the Mayer-Vietoris sequences for the constrained cohomology with respect to morphisms of hypergraphs induced by bijective maps between the vertices. Consequently, we obtain the Mayer-Vietoris sequences for the constrained persistent (co)homology for filtrations of hypergraphs. As applications, we propose the constrained persistent (co)homology as a tool for the computation of higher-dimensional persistent homology of large networks.

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@article{arxiv.2310.13449,
  title  = {Differential Calculus on Hypergraphs and Mayer-Vietoris Sequences for the Constrained Persistent Homology},
  author = {Shiquan Ren},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.13449},
  year   = {2023}
}
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