Applications of the Lefschetz number to digital images (Q2258516)

Let \(\mathbb Z\) the set of all integers, and let \(\mathbb Z^n\) be the set of lattice points in the \(n\)-dimensional Euclidean space \(\mathbb R^n\). A \textit{digital image} is a pair \((X, k)\), where \(X\) is a finite subset of \(\mathbb Z^n\) and \(k\) indicates some adjacency relation for the members of \(X\). The \(k\)-adjacency relations are used in the study of digital images in \(\mathbb Z^n\). In this paper, after considering the digital simplicial homology group [\textit{L. Boxer} et al., J. Math. Sci. Adv. Appl. 11, No. 2, 109--140 (2011; Zbl 1276.55011)] based on a digital image \((X, k)\), and the digital version of the Lefschetz number and the Euler characteristic of a digital image, the authors develop some applications of the Lefschetz fixed point theorem, and the relative and the reduced Lefschetz numbers from a digital theoretic point of view. They also calculate the degree of the antipodal map for sphere (or square)-like digital images.