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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2021.27
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-138260
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2021/13826/
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Corbet, René ; Kerber, Michael ; Lesnick, Michael ; Osang, Georg

Computing the Multicover Bifiltration

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Abstract

Given a finite set A ⊂ ℝ^d, let Cov_{r,k} denote the set of all points within distance r to at least k points of A. Allowing r and k to vary, we obtain a 2-parameter family of spaces that grow larger when r increases or k decreases, called the multicover bifiltration. Motivated by the problem of computing the homology of this bifiltration, we introduce two closely related combinatorial bifiltrations, one polyhedral and the other simplicial, which are both topologically equivalent to the multicover bifiltration and far smaller than a Čech-based model considered in prior work of Sheehy. Our polyhedral construction is a bifiltration of the rhomboid tiling of Edelsbrunner and Osang, and can be efficiently computed using a variant of an algorithm given by these authors as well. Using an implementation for dimension 2 and 3, we provide experimental results. Our simplicial construction is useful for understanding the polyhedral construction and proving its correctness.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{corbet_et_al:LIPIcs.SoCG.2021.27,
  author =	{Corbet, Ren\'{e} and Kerber, Michael and Lesnick, Michael and Osang, Georg},
  title =	{{Computing the Multicover Bifiltration}},
  booktitle =	{37th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2021)},
  pages =	{27:1--27:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-184-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{189},
  editor =	{Buchin, Kevin and Colin de Verdi\`{e}re, \'{E}ric},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2021/13826},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-138260},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2021.27},
  annote =	{Keywords: Bifiltrations, nerves, higher-order Delaunay complexes, higher-order Voronoi diagrams, rhomboid tiling, multiparameter persistent homology, denoising}
}

Keywords: Bifiltrations, nerves, higher-order Delaunay complexes, higher-order Voronoi diagrams, rhomboid tiling, multiparameter persistent homology, denoising
Collection: 37th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2021)
Issue Date: 2021
Date of publication: 02.06.2021

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