Distance functions, critical points, and the topology of random Čech complexes (Q2263824)

This paper investigates asymptotic behaviour of the critical points of \(d_p(x):=\min_{p\in\mathcal{P}}\|x-p\|_2\), \(x\in\mathbb R^d\), where \(\|\cdot\|_2\) denotes the Euclidean distance and \(\mathcal{P}\) is a Poisson processes. A point \(c\) is called a critical point if \(\bigtriangledown f(c)=0\). In particular, the authors study the limit behaviour of \(N_k\) -- the number of critical points of \(d_p\) with Morse index \(k\) -- as the density of points grows.