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The Gudhi library + * (Geometric Understanding in Higher Dimensions) is a generic C++ + * library for computational topology. + * + * Author(s): Clément Maria + * + * Copyright (C) 2014 INRIA Sophia Antipolis-Méditerranée (France) + * + * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or + * (at your option) any later version. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + */ + +#ifndef DOC_PERSISTENT_COHOMOLOGY_INTRO_PERSISTENT_COHOMOLOGY_H_ +#define DOC_PERSISTENT_COHOMOLOGY_INTRO_PERSISTENT_COHOMOLOGY_H_ + +// needs namespace for Doxygen to link on classes +namespace Gudhi { +// needs namespace for Doxygen to link on classes +namespace persistent_cohomology { + +/** \defgroup persistent_cohomology Persistent Cohomology + + \author Clément Maria + + Computation of persistent cohomology using the algorithm of + \cite DBLP:journals/dcg/SilvaMV11 and \cite DBLP:journals/corr/abs-1208-5018 + and the Compressed Annotation Matrix + implementation of \cite DBLP:conf/esa/BoissonnatDM13 + + The theory of homology consists in attaching to a topological space a sequence of + (homology) groups, + capturing global topological features + like connected components, holes, cavities, etc. Persistent homology studies the evolution + -- birth, life and death -- of + these features when the topological space is changing. Consequently, the theory is essentially + composed of three elements: + topological spaces, their homology groups and an evolution scheme. + + <DT>Topological Spaces:</DT> + Topological spaces are represented by simplicial complexes. + Let \f$V = \{1, \cdots ,|V|\}\f$ be a set of <EM>vertices</EM>. + A <EM>simplex</EM> \f$\sigma\f$ is a subset of vertices + \f$\sigma \subseteq V\f$. A <EM>simplicial complex</EM> \f$\mathbf{K}\f$ + on \f$V\f$ is a collection of simplices \f$\{\sigma\}\f$, + \f$\sigma \subseteq V\f$, such that \f$\tau \subseteq \sigma \in \mathbf{K} + \Rightarrow \tau \in \mathbf{K}\f$. The dimension \f$n=|\sigma|-1\f$ of \f$\sigma\f$ + is its number of elements minus 1. A <EM>filtration</EM> of a simplicial complex is + a function \f$f:\mathbf{K} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}\f$ satisfying \f$f(\tau)\leq + f(\sigma)\f$ whenever \f$\tau \subseteq \sigma\f$. + + We define the concept FilteredComplex which enumerates the requirements for a class + to represent a filtered complex from which persistent homology may be computed. + We use the vocabulary of simplicial complexes, but the concept + is valid for any type of cell complex. The main requirements + are the definition of: + \li type <CODE>Indexing_tag</CODE>, which is a model of the concept + <CODE>IndexingTag</CODE>, + describing the nature of the indexing scheme, + \li type Simplex_handle to manipulate simplices, + \li method <CODE>int dimension(Simplex_handle)</CODE> returning + the dimension of a simplex, + \li type and method <CODE>Boundary_simplex_range + boundary_simplex_range(Simplex_handle)</CODE> that returns + a range giving access to the codimension 1 subsimplices of the + input simplex, as-well-as the coefficients \f$(-1)^i\f$ in the + definition of the operator \f$\partial\f$. The iterators have + value type <CODE>Simplex_handle</CODE>, + \li type and method + <CODE>Filtration_simplex_range filtration_simplex_range ()</CODE> + that returns a range giving + access to all the simplices of the complex read in the order + assigned by the indexing scheme, + \li type and method + <CODE>Filtration_value filtration (Simplex_handle)</CODE> that returns the value of + the filtration on the simplex represented by the handle. + + <DT>Homology:</DT> + For a ring \f$\mathcal{R}\f$, the group of <EM>n-chains</EM>, + denoted \f$\mathbf{C}_n(\mathbf{K},\mathcal{R})\f$, of \f$\mathbf{K}\f$ is the + group of formal sums of + n-simplices with \f$\mathcal{R}\f$ coefficients. The <EM>boundary operator</EM> is a + linear operator + \f$\partial_n: \mathbf{C}_n(\mathbf{K},\mathcal{R}) \rightarrow \mathbf{C}_{n-1}(\mathbf{K},\mathcal{R})\f$ + such that \f$\partial_n \sigma = \partial_n [v_0, \cdots , v_n] = + \sum_{i=0}^n (-1)^{i}[v_0,\cdots ,\widehat{v_i}, \cdots,v_n]\f$, + where \f$\widehat{v_i}\f$ means \f$v_i\f$ is omitted from the list. The chain + groups form a sequence: + + \f[\cdots \ \ \mathbf{C}_n(\mathbf{K},\mathcal{R}) \xrightarrow{\ \partial_n\ } \mathbf{C}_{n-1}(\mathbf{K},\mathcal{R}) + \xrightarrow{\partial_{n-1}} \cdots \xrightarrow{\ \partial_2 \ } + \mathbf{C}_1(\mathbf{K},\mathcal{R}) \xrightarrow{\ \partial_1 \ } \mathbf{C}_0(\mathbf{K},\mathcal{R}) \f] + + of finitely many groups \f$\mathbf{C}_n(\mathbf{K},\mathcal{R})\f$ and homomorphisms + \f$\partial_n\f$, indexed by the dimension \f$n \geq 0\f$. + The boundary operators satisfy the property \f$\partial_n \circ \partial_{n+1}=0\f$ + for every \f$n > 0\f$ + and we define the homology groups: + + \f[\mathbf{H}_n(\mathbf{K},\mathcal{R}) = \ker \partial_n / \mathrm{im} \ \partial_{n+1}\f] + + We refer to \cite Munkres-elementsalgtop1984 for an introduction to homology + theory and to \cite DBLP:books/daglib/0025666 for an introduction to persistent homology. + + <DT>Indexing Scheme:</DT> + "Changing" a simplicial complex consists in applying a simplicial map. + An <EM>indexing scheme</EM> is a directed graph together with a traversal + order, such that two + consecutive nodes in the graph are connected by an arrow (either forward or backward). + The nodes represent simplicial complexes and the directed edges simplicial maps. + + From the computational point of view, there are two types of indexing schemes of + interest + in persistent homology: <EM>linear</EM> ones + \f$\bullet \longrightarrow \bullet \longrightarrow \cdots \longrightarrow \bullet + \longrightarrow \bullet\f$ + in persistent homology \cite DBLP:journals/dcg/ZomorodianC05 , + and <EM>zigzag</EM> ones + \f$\bullet \longrightarrow \bullet \longleftarrow \cdots + \longrightarrow \bullet + \longleftarrow \bullet \f$ in zigzag persistent + homology \cite DBLP:journals/focm/CarlssonS10. + These indexing schemes have a natural left-to-right traversal order, and we + describe them with ranges and iterators. + In the current release of the Gudhi library, only the linear case is implemented. + + In the following, we consider the case where the indexing scheme is induced + by a filtration. + Ordering the simplices + by increasing filtration values (breaking ties so as a simplex appears after + its subsimplices of same filtration value) provides an indexing scheme. + +\section Examples + We provide several example files: run these examples with -h for details on their use, and read the README file. + +\li <CODE>rips_persistence.cpp</CODE> computes the Rips complex of a point cloud and its persistence diagram. + +\li <CODE>rips_multifield_persistence.cpp</CODE> computes the Rips complex of a point cloud and its persistence diagram +with a family of field coefficients. + +\li <CODE>performance_rips_persistence.cpp</CODE> provides timings for the construction of the Rips complex on a set of +points sampling a Klein bottle in \f$\mathbb{R}^5\f$ with a simplex tree, its conversion to a +Hasse diagram and the computation of persistent homology and multi-field persistent homology for the +different representations. + + \copyright GNU General Public License v3. + */ + +} // namespace persistent_cohomology + +} // namespace Gudhi + +#endif // DOC_PERSISTENT_COHOMOLOGY_INTRO_PERSISTENT_COHOMOLOGY_H_ |