From 5141caeff03f1e8c8c4ccae1ee7ca43fbcb2925f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ROUVREAU Vincent Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 11:01:24 +0200 Subject: It was not markdown but rst... --- src/python/introduction.rst | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/python/introduction.rst (limited to 'src/python/introduction.rst') diff --git a/src/python/introduction.rst b/src/python/introduction.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2cc4642e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/python/introduction.rst @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +.. figure:: + https://gudhi.inria.fr/images/gudhi_architecture.png + :figclass: align-center + :width: 100 % + :alt: GUDHI + +Introduction +============ + +The Gudhi library is an open source library for Computational Topology and +Topological Data Analysis (TDA). It offers state-of-the-art algorithms +to construct various types of simplicial complexes, data structures to +represent them, and algorithms to compute geometric approximations of shapes +and persistent homology. + +The GUDHI library offers the following interoperable modules: + +* Complexes: + * Cubical + * Simplicial: Rips, Witness, Alpha and Čech complexes + * Cover: Nerve and Graph induced complexes +* Data structures and basic operations: + * Simplex tree, Skeleton blockers and Toplex map + * Construction, update, filtration and simplification +* Topological descriptors computation +* Manifold reconstruction +* Topological descriptors tools: + * Bottleneck distance + * Statistical tools + * Persistence diagram and barcode + +For more information about Topological Data Analysis and its workflow, please +refer to the `Wikipedia TDA dedicated page `_. -- cgit v1.2.3