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We propose a practical computational framework for detecting structural changes in parameter-dependent topological data. In many applications, such as time-series data analysis, anomaly detection, and monitoring of systems under changing…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Satoshi Kanno , Rei Nishimura , Hiroshi Yamauchi , Yoshi-aki Shimada

Understanding the topological structure of phase space for dynamical systems in higher dimensions is critical for numerous applications, including the computation of chemical reaction rates and transport of objects in the solar system. Many…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2021-06-30 Joshua G. Arenson , Kevin A. Mitchell

Machine learning for point clouds has been attracting much attention, with many applications in various fields, such as shape recognition and material science. For enhancing the accuracy of such machine learning methods, it is often…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Naoki Nishikawa , Yuichi Ike , Kenji Yamanishi

We study metric versions of transitivity, mixing, and hypercyclicity for continuous maps, based on intersections of the form \( f^{n}(U)\cap B_{\delta}(V)\neq\varnothing. \) We introduce $\delta$-topological transitivity,…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Hadi Obaid Alshammari , Otmane Benchiheb , Dimitrios Chiotis

Topology reasoning, which unifies perception and structured reasoning, plays a vital role in understanding intersections for autonomous driving. However, its performance heavily relies on the accuracy of lane detection, particularly at…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Yanping Fu , Xinyuan Liu , Tianyu Li , Yike Ma , Yucheng Zhang , Feng Dai

Single-cell technologies generate high-dimensional point clouds of cells, enabling detailed characterization of complex patient states and treatment responses. Yet each patient is represented by an irregular point cloud rather than a simple…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Tianxiang Wang , Yingtong Ke , Dhananjay Bhaskar , Smita Krishnaswamy , Alexander Cloninger

Modeling object dynamics with a neural network is an important problem with numerous applications. Most recent work has been based on graph neural networks. However, physics happens in 3D space, where geometric information potentially plays…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Chanho Kim , Li Fuxin

In topological data analysis, we want to discern topological and geometric structure of data, and to understand whether or not certain features of data are significant as opposed to simply random noise. While progress has been made on…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2020-01-10 So Mang Han , Taylor Okonek , Nikesh Yadav , Xiaojun Zheng

We develop a language for describing the relationship among observations, mathematical models, and the underlying principles from which they are derived. Using Information Geometry, we consider geometric properties of statistical models for…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2016-07-14 Mark K. Transtrum , Gus Hart , Peng Qiu

The integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAVs) into Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) offers synoptic visibility for traffic monitoring, yet scalable deployment is hindered by trajectory fragmentation, where vehicle identity…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Jianlin Ye , Christos Kyrkou , Panayiotis Kolios

Optimal transport (OT) is a central framework for modeling distribution shifts. Because OT compares distributions directly in input space, a well-designed ground metric between observations is essential to ensure that the optimizer does not…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Philip Naumann , Jacob Kauffmann , Klaus-Robert Müller , Grégoire Montavon

We consider the problem of learning the dynamics in the topology of time-evolving point clouds, the prevalent spatiotemporal model for systems exhibiting collective behavior, such as swarms of insects and birds or particles in physics. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-14 Sebastian Zeng , Florian Graf , Martin Uray , Stefan Huber , Roland Kwitt

In this work we study the topological properties of temporal hypergraphs. Hypergraphs provide a higher dimensional generalization of a graph that is capable of capturing multi-way connections. As such, they have become an integral part of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Audun Myers , Cliff Joslyn , Bill Kay , Emilie Purvine , Gregory Roek , Madelyn Shapiro

Topological phases are generally characterized by topological invariants denoted by integer numbers. However, different topological systems often require different topological invariants to measure, such as geometric phases, topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-07 ZhaoXiang Fang , Ming Gong , Guang-Can Guo , Yongxu Fu , Long Xiong

Conformational transitions are ubiquitous in biomolecular systems, have significant functional roles and are subject to evolutionary pressures. Here we provide a first theoretical framework for topological transition, i.e. conformational…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-09-02 Alireza Mashaghi , Abolfazl Ramezanpour

Topological entropy measures the number of distinguishable orbits in a dynamical system, thereby quantifying the complexity of chaotic dynamics. One approach to computing topological entropy in a two-dimensional space is to analyze the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-04-19 Eric Roberts , Suzanne Sindi , Spencer Smith , Kevin Mitchell

This paper addresses the practical challenge in Entropic Optimal Transport (EOT) where the underlying ground cost function is typically latent and unobserved. Rather than assuming a fixed geometric cost, we adopt a data-driven approach…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Antoine Debouchage , Xiaozhen Wang , Zhenjie Ren , Francois Buet-Golfouse

For many important network types (e.g., sensor networks in complex harsh environments and social networks) physical coordinate systems (e.g., Cartesian), and physical distances (e.g., Euclidean), are either difficult to discern or…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Anura P. Jayasumana , Randy Paffenroth , Sridhar Ramasamy

We present an approach to inform the reconstruction of a surface from a point scan through topological priors. The reconstruction is based on basis functions which are optimized to provide a good fit to the point scan while satisfying…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-09-17 Rickard Brüel-Gabrielsson , Vignesh Ganapathi-Subramanian , Primoz Skraba , Leonidas J. Guibas

A central objective of topological data analysis is to identify topologically significant features in data represented as a finite point cloud. We consider the setting where the ambient space of the point sample is a compact Riemannian…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2025-02-05 Ka Man Yim