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Morse complexes and Morse-Smale complexes are topological descriptors popular in topology-based visualization. Comparing these complexes plays an important role in their applications in feature correspondences, feature tracking, symmetry…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Mingzhe Li , Carson Storm , Austin Yang Li , Tom Needham , Bei Wang

We study numerical computation of conformal invariants of domains in the complex plane. In particular, we provide an algorithm for computing the conformal capacity of a condenser. The algorithm applies for wide kind of geometries: domains…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2020-08-19 Mohamed M S Nasser , Matti Vuorinen

We propose a multiscale method for elliptic problems on complex domains, e.g. domains with cracks or complicated boundary. For local singularities this paper also offers a discrete alternative to enrichment techniques such as XFEM. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-01 Daniel Elfverson , Mats G. Larson , Axel Målqvist

In this work, we study the perception problem for sampled surfaces (possibly with boundary) using tools from computational topology, specifically, how to identify their underlying topology starting from point-cloud samples in space, such as…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Franco Coltraro , Jaume Amorós , Maria Alberich-Carramiñana , Carme Torras

We construct Morse homology groups associated with any regular function on a smooth complex algebraic variety, allowing singular and non-compact critical loci. These groups are generated by critical points of a certain large pertubation of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-26 Aleksander Doan , Juan Muñoz-Echániz

We present a certified algorithm that takes a smooth algebraic curve in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and computes an isotopic approximation for a generic projection of the curve into $\mathbb{R}^2$. Our algorithm is designed for curves given implicitly…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Michael Burr , Michael Byrd , Kisun Lee

We present a certified algorithm based on subdivision for computing an isotopic approximation to any number of curves in the plane. Our algorithm is based on the certified curve approximation algorithm of Plantinga and Vegter. The main…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-07-26 Michael Burr , Michael Byrd

We present a certified algorithm based on subdivision for computing an isotopic approximation to any number of curves in the plane. Our algorithm is based on the certified curve approximation algorithm of Plantinga and Vegter. The main…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Michael Burr , Michael Byrd

We introduce a notion of Morse shellings (and tilings) on finite simplicial complexes which extends the classical one and its relation to discrete Morse theory.Skeletons and barycentric subdivisions of Morse shellable (or tileable)…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-01-25 Nermin Salepci , Jean-Yves Welschinger

We present a new certification method for image and point cloud segmentation based on randomized smoothing. The method leverages a novel scalable algorithm for prediction and certification that correctly accounts for multiple testing,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-28 Marc Fischer , Maximilian Baader , Martin Vechev

Many algorithms for determining properties of real algebraic or semi-algebraic sets rely upon the ability to compute smooth points. Existing methods to compute smooth points on semi-algebraic sets use symbolic quantifier elimination tools.…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Katherine Harris , Jonathan D. Hauenstein , Agnes Szanto

The Morse-Smale complex of a function $f$ decomposes the sample space into cells where $f$ is increasing or decreasing. When applied to nonparametric density estimation and regression, it provides a way to represent, visualize, and compare…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-05 Yen-Chi Chen , Christopher R. Genovese , Larry Wasserman

Optimal Morse matchings reveal essential structures of cell complexes which lead to powerful tools to study discrete geometrical objects, in particular discrete 3-manifolds. However, such matchings are known to be NP-hard to compute on…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-10-24 Benjamin A. Burton , Thomas Lewiner , João Paixão , Jonathan Spreer

Fold maps are fundamental tools in the theory of singularities of differentiable maps and its applications to geometry. They are higher dimensional variants of Morse functions. Classes of special generic maps and round fold maps are…

General Topology · Mathematics 2021-06-22 Naoki Kitazawa

The present paper mainly presents, for example, explicit classifications of compact smooth manifolds having non-empty boundaries and simple structures where the dimensions are general. Studies of this type is fundamental and important. They…

General Topology · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Naoki Kitazawa

Given a smooth closed manifold M, the Morse-Witten complex associated to a Morse function f and a Riemannian metric g on M consists of chain groups generated by the critical points of f and a boundary operator counting isolated flow lines…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-02-10 Joa Weber

The computation of homology groups for evolving simplicial complexes often requires repeated reconstruction of boundary operators, resulting in prohibitive costs for large-scale or frequently updated data. This work introduces MMHM, a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Anqiao Ouyang

A central problem in topological data analysis is that of computing the homology of a given simplicial complex. Said complexes can have arbitrary large number of simplices, as can happen, for example, if the space is the Rips-Vietoris or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-11 Francisco Martinez-Figueroa

We develop functoriality for Morse theory, namely, to a pair of Morse-Smale systems and a generic smooth map between the underlying manifolds we associate a chain map between the corresponding Morse complexes, which descends to the correct…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-10-12 Avraham Aizenbud , Frol Zapolsky

In this paper we present algorithms for computing the topology of planar and space rational curves defined by a parametrization. The algorithms given here work directly with the parametrization of the curve, and do not require to compute or…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2015-02-17 Juan Gerardo Alcazar , Gema Maria Diaz-Toca