On the Stability of the Euler Characteristic Transform for a Perturbed Embedding
Abstract
The Euler Characteristic Transform (ECT) is a robust method for shape classification. It takes an embedded shape and, for each direction, computes a piecewise constant function representing the Euler Characteristic of the shape's sublevel sets, which are defined by the height function in that direction. It has applications in TDA inverse problems, such as shape reconstruction, and is also employed with machine learning methodologies. In this paper, we define a distance between the ECTs of two distinct geometric embeddings of the same abstract simplicial complex and provide an upper bound for this distance. The Super Lifted Euler Characteristic Transform (SELECT), a related construction, extends the ECT to scalar fields defined on shapes. We establish a similar distance bound for SELECT, specifically when applied to fields defined on embedded simplicial complexes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2506.19991,
title = {On the Stability of the Euler Characteristic Transform for a Perturbed Embedding},
author = {Jasmine George and Oscar Lledo Osborn and Elizabeth Munch and Messiah Ridgley and Elena Xinyi Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.19991},
year = {2025}
}
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REU Project, Summer 2024