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A Reeb graph is a graphical representation of a scalar function on a topological space that encodes the topology of the level sets. A Reeb space is a generalization of the Reeb graph to a multiparameter function. In this paper, we propose…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Qingsong Wang , Guanqun Ma , Raghavendra Sridharamurthy , Bei Wang

The Reeb graph is a construction that studies a topological space through the lens of a real valued function. It has widely been used in applications, however its use on real data means that it is desirable and increasingly necessary to…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2015-08-11 Ulrich Bauer , Elizabeth Munch , Yusu Wang

The Reeb graph of a function on a smooth manifold is the graph obtained as the space of all connected components of level sets such that the set of all vertices coincides with the set of all connected components of level sets including…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-07-28 Naoki Kitazawa

Reeb graphs provide a method for studying the shape of a manifold by encoding the evolution and arrangement of level sets of a simple Morse function defined on the manifold. Since their introduction in computer graphics they have been…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2010-03-25 Barbara Di Fabio , Claudia Landi

There are two rather distinct approaches to Morse theory nowadays: smooth and discrete. We propose to study a real valued function by assembling all associated sections in a topological category. From this point of view, Reeb functions on…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Paul Trygsland

Reeb spaces of (continuous) real-valued functions on (nice) topological spaces are the spaces whose underlying sets consist of all connected components (contours) of their level sets and seen naturally as quotient spaces of the spaces. They…

General Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Naoki Kitazawa

For a smooth function on a smooth manifold of a suitable class, the space of all connected components of preimages is the graph and called the {\it Reeb graph}. Reeb graphs are fundamental tools in the algebraic and differential topological…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-03-28 Naoki Kitazawa

This is a note on the graphs of two smooth real-valued functions in the plane with no intersection and the natural map onto the region surrounded by them with the canonical projection to the line composed, yielding its Reeb space. The Reeb…

General Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Naoki Kitazawa

We have been interested in graphs and realizing them as Reeb graphs of explicit real algebraic functions. The Reeb graph of a differentiable function is the quotient space of the manifold of the domain, regarded as the space consisting of…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Naoki Kitazawa

Reeb spaces of continuous real-valued functions on topological spaces are fundamental and strong tools in investigating the spaces. The Reeb space is the natural quotient space of the space of the domain represented by connected components…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Naoki Kitazawa

Reeb spaces of real-valued functions on manifolds are the spaces of all connected components (contours) of level sets and endowed with the natural quotient topology. They have been fundamental and strong tools in investigating manifolds via…

General Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Naoki Kitazawa

The Reeb space of a smooth function is a topological and combinatoric object and fundamental and important in understanding topological and geometric properties of the manifold of the domain. It is the graph and a topological space endowed…

General Topology · Mathematics 2024-12-29 Naoki Kitazawa

This paper is concerned with long-time interest of us, especially, the author, in realizing graphs as Reeb graphs of real algebraic functions of certain nice classes. The Reeb graph of a differentiable function is the set consisting of all…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-09-05 Naoki Kitazawa

The Reeb space, which generalizes the notion of a Reeb graph, is one of the few tools in topological data analysis and visualization suitable for the study of multivariate scientific datasets. First introduced by Edelsbrunner et al., it…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-11-30 Elizabeth Munch , Bei Wang

One of the prevailing ideas in geometric and topological data analysis is to provide descriptors that encode useful information about hidden objects from observed data. The Reeb graph is one such descriptor for a given scalar function. The…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-09-29 Ulrich Bauer , Xiaoyin Ge , Yusu Wang

As graphical summaries for topological spaces and maps, Reeb graphs are common objects in the computer graphics or topological data analysis literature. Defining good metrics between these objects has become an important question for…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2017-03-09 Mathieu Carrière , Steve Oudot

The Reeb graph has been utilized in various applications including the analysis of scalar fields. Recently, research has been focused on using topological signatures such as the Reeb graph to compare multiple scalar fields by defining…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-10-20 Brian Bollen , Erin Chambers , Joshua A. Levine , Elizabeth Munch

The Reeb space of a function or a map on a manifold is defined as the space of all connected components of preimages and represents the manifold compactly. In fact, Reeb spaces are fundamental and useful tools in geometric theory of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Naoki Kitazawa

To investigate the topological structure of Morse functions on the projective plane we use the Reeb graphs. We describe it properties and prove that it is a complete topological invariant of simple Morse function on $\mathbb{R} P^2$. We…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-03-08 Svitlana Bilun , Alexandr Prishlyak , Serhii Stas , Alina Vlasenko

We discuss smooth functions which are Morse on preimages of values not being local extrema. We call such a function internally Morse or I-Morse. The Reeb graph of a smooth function is the space of all connected components of preimages of…

General Topology · Mathematics 2025-10-13 Naoki Kitazawa
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