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Fast computation of the first discrete homology group

Computational Geometry 2025-12-17 v1 Algebraic Topology Combinatorics

Abstract

We present a new algorithm for computing the first discrete homology group of a graph. By testing the algorithm on different data sets of random graphs, we find that it significantly outperforms other known algorithms.

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@article{arxiv.2512.13929,
  title  = {Fast computation of the first discrete homology group},
  author = {Jacob Ender and Chris Kapulkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.13929},
  year   = {2025}
}

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11 pages, including pseudocode; comments welcome