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Removal and Contraction Operations in $n$D Generalized Maps for Efficient Homology Computation

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2014-03-17 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we show that contraction operations preserve the homology of nnD generalized maps, under some conditions. Removal and contraction operations are used to propose an efficient algorithm that compute homology generators of nnD generalized maps. Its principle consists in simplifying a generalized map as much as possible by using removal and contraction operations. We obtain a generalized map having the same homology than the initial one, while the number of cells decreased significantly. Keywords: nnD Generalized Maps; Cellular Homology; Homology Generators; Contraction and Removal Operations.

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@article{arxiv.1403.3683,
  title  = {Removal and Contraction Operations in $n$D Generalized Maps for Efficient Homology Computation},
  author = {Guillaume Damiand and Rocio Gonzalez-Diaz and Samuel Peltier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.3683},
  year   = {2014}
}

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