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Computing homology and cohomology is at the heart of many recent works and a key issue for topological data analysis. Among homological objects, homology generators are useful to locate or understand holes (especially for geometric…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Yann-Situ Gazull , Aldo Gonzalez-Lorenzo , Alexandra Bac

We study the connection between discrete Morse theory and persistent homology in the context of shape reconstruction methods. Specifically, we consider the construction of Wrap complexes, introduced by Edelsbrunner as a subcomplex of the…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Ulrich Bauer , Fabian Roll

We present a new approach to Morse and Novikov theories, based on the deRham Federer theory of currents, using the finite volume flow technique of Harvey and Lawson. In the Morse case, we construct a noncompact analogue of the Morse…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Reese F. Harvey , G. Minervini

We introduce two tools, dynamical thickening and flow selectors, to overcome the infamous discontinuity of the gradient flow endpoint map near non-degenerate critical points. More precisely, we interpret the stable fibrations of certain…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-07-04 Joa Weber

We develop categorical foundations of discrete dynamical systems, aimed at understanding how the structure of the system affects its dynamics. The key technical innovation is the notion of a cycle set, which provides a formal language in…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-06-06 Daniel Carranza , Chris Kapulkin , Nathan Kershaw , Reinhard Laubenbacher , Matthew Wheeler

This paper addresses the issue of structure-preserving discretization of open distributed-parameter systems with Hamiltonian dynamics. Employing the formalism of discrete exterior calculus, we introduce a simplicial Dirac structure as a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-02-28 Marko Seslija , Arjan van der Schaft , Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen

We establish a Quillen equivalence relating the homotopy theory of Segal operads and the homotopy theory of simplicial operads, from which we deduce that the homotopy coherent nerve functor is a right Quillen equivalence from the model…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Denis-Charles Cisinski , Ieke Moerdijk

In this paper, we give the definition of Maslov-type index of the discrete Hamiltonian system, and obtain the relation of Morse index and Maslov-type index of the discrete Hamiltonian system which is a generalization of case $\omega=1$ in…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-11-24 Gaosheng Zhu

In the case of smooth manifolds, we use Forman's discrete Morse theory to realize combinatorially any Thom-Smale complex coming from a smooth Morse function by a couple triangulation-discrete Morse function. As an application, we prove that…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2008-12-18 Etienne Gallais

Given a point cloud $P$ in Euclidean space and a positive parameter $t$ we can consider the $t$-neighborhood $P^{t}$ of $P$ consisting of points at distance less than $t$ to $P$. Homology of $P^{t}$ gives information about components,…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2019-04-25 Nello Blaser , Morten Brun

In this paper, we construct cochain complexes generated by the cohomology of critical manifolds in the abstract setup of flow categories for Morse-Bott theories under minimum transversality assumptions. We discuss the relations between…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2024-07-10 Zhengyi Zhou

We introduce and study several homological notions which generalise the discrete derived categories of D. Vossieck. As an application, we show that Vossieck discrete algebras have this property with respect to all bounded t-structures. We…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2018-02-14 Nathan Broomhead , David Pauksztello , David Ploog

We give a new proof of the Morse Homology Theorem by constructing a chain complex associated to a Morse-Bott-Smale function that reduces to the Morse-Smale-Witten chain complex when the function is Morse-Smale and to the chain complex of…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2013-01-04 Augustin Banyaga , David E. Hurtubise

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

The combination of persistent homology and discrete Morse theory has proven very effective in visualizing and analyzing big and heterogeneous data. Indeed, topology provides computable and coarse summaries of data independently from…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-02-12 Claudia Landi , Sara Scaramuccia

Area and orientation preserving diffeomorphisms of the standard 2-disc, referred to as symplectomorphisms of $\mathbb{D}^{2}$, allow decompositions in terms of positive twist diffeomorphisms. Using the latter decomposition we utilize the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-09-12 Aleksander Czechowski , Robert Vandervorst

We propose a natural discretisation scheme for classical projective minimal surfaces. We follow the classical geometric characterisation and classification of projective minimal surfaces and introduce at each step canonical discrete models…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-26 A. McCarthy , W. K. Schief

Flow in fractured porous media represents a challenge for discretization methods due to the disparate scales and complex geometry. Herein we propose a new discretization, based on the mixed finite element method and mortar methods. Our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-18 Wietse M. Boon , Jan M. Nordbotten , Ivan Yotov

This article surveys research on the application of compatible finite element methods to large scale atmosphere and ocean simulation. Compatible finite element methods extend Arakawa's C-grid finite difference scheme to the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-14 Colin J. Cotter

Conley indices and Morse decompositions of flows can be found by using algorithms which rigorously analyze discrete dynamical systems. This usually involves integrating a time discretization of the flow using interval arithmetic. We compare…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-11-16 Konstantin Mischaikow , Marian Mrozek , Frank Weilandt