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diff --git a/src/Rips_complex/doc/Intro_rips_complex.h b/src/Rips_complex/doc/Intro_rips_complex.h index 96d90d98..81f24c71 100644 --- a/src/Rips_complex/doc/Intro_rips_complex.h +++ b/src/Rips_complex/doc/Intro_rips_complex.h @@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ namespace rips_complex { * simplex is the diameter of the corresponding subset of points. * * This filtered complex is most often used as an approximation of the - * Čech complex (they share the same 1-skeleton and are multiplicatively - * 2-interleaved or better), which is slightly bigger but easier to compute. + * Čech complex. After rescaling (Rips using the length of the edges and Čech + * the half-length), they share the same 1-skeleton and are multiplicatively + * 2-interleaved or better. While it is slightly bigger, it is also much + * easier to compute. * * The number of simplices in the full Rips complex is exponential in the * number of vertices, it is thus usually restricted, by excluding all the |