Optimal Topological Simplification of Discrete Functions on Surfaces

Discrete and Computational Geometry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 347-377

  Bauer, Ulrich ^a   Lange, Carsten ^b   Wardetzky, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrete Morse theory; Persistent homology; Topological denoising

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855608533     PISSN: 01795376     EISSN: 14320444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00454-011-9350-z     Document Type: Article

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