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-GUDHI documentation
-###################
+GUDHI Python module documentation
+#################################
-.. image:: img/Gudhi_banner.png
- :align: center
+.. figure::
+ ../../doc/common/Gudhi_banner.png
+ :alt: Gudhi banner
+ :figclass: align-center
Introduction
************
-The Gudhi library (Geometry Understanding in Higher Dimensions) is a generic
-open source `C++ library <http://gudhi.gforge.inria.fr/doc/latest/>`_, with a
-`Python interface <http://gudhi.gforge.inria.fr/python/latest/>`_, for
+The Python interface for the Gudhi library (Geometry Understanding in Higher
+Dimensions) is a generic open source
+`Python module <http://gudhi.gforge.inria.fr/python/latest/>`_, for
Computational Topology and Topological Data Analysis
(`TDA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological_data_analysis>`_).
The GUDHI library intends to help the development of new algorithmic solutions
@@ -20,12 +22,11 @@ data structures.
The current release of the GUDHI library includes:
* Data structures to represent, construct and manipulate simplicial complexes.
-* Algorithms to compute persistent homology and multi-field persistent homology.
-* Simplication of simplicial complexes by edge contraction.
+* Simplification of simplicial complexes by edge contraction.
+* Algorithms to compute persistent homology and bottleneck distance.
-All data-structures are generic and several of their aspects can be
-parameterized via template classes. We refer to :cite:`gudhilibrary_ICMS14`
-for a detailed description of the design of the library.
+We refer to :cite:`gudhilibrary_ICMS14` for a detailed description of the
+design of the library.
Data structures
***************
@@ -82,6 +83,6 @@ Persistence graphical tools
Bibliography
************
-.. bibliography:: bibliography.bib
+.. bibliography:: ../../biblio/bibliography.bib
:filter: docnames
:style: unsrt