Erosion distance for generalized persistence modules (Q2284287)

Persistence modules and persistence diagrams turn out to be effective shape-coding tools in many applications; in particular, they can be precious for comparison, retrieval and classification. For all these tasks they need selective and stable distances, which were developed not only for the original objects but also for some generalised versions. One such generalisation is the \textit{natural pseudodistance} for persistent homology with torsion (whereas the original persistence was defined for homology with coefficients in a fields): [\textit{P. Frosini}, Acta Appl. Math. 124, No. 1, 43--54 (2013; Zbl 1264.55005)]. Another recent generalisation is the \textit{erosion distance} for constructible persistence modules valued in a symmetric monoidal category [\textit{A. Patel}, J. Appl. Comput. Topol. 1, No. 3--4, 397--419 (2018; Zbl 1398.18015)]. The present paper introduces a distance for functors from preordered sets to Abelian categories based on translations; it shows that the two mentioned distances are particular cases of it, and proves stability with respect to the interleaving distance.