On interval decomposability of 2D persistence modules

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On interval decomposability of \(2\)D persistence modules



Abstract: In the persistent homology of filtrations, the indecomposable decompositions provide the persistence diagrams. However, in almost all cases of multidimensional persistence, the classification of all indecomposable modules is known to be a wild problem. One direction is to consider the subclass of interval-decomposable persistence modules, which are direct sums of interval representations. We introduce the definition of pre-interval representations, a more natural algebraic definition, and study the relationships between pre-interval, interval, and indecomposable thin representations. We show that over the ``equioriented commutative 2D grid, these concepts are equivalent. Moreover, we provide a criterion for determining whether or not an nD persistence module is interval/pre-interval/thin-decomposable without having to explicitly compute decompositions. For 2D persistence modules, we provide an algorithm together with a worst-case complexity analysis that uses the total number of intervals in an equioriented commutative 2D grid. We also propose several heuristics to speed up the computation.


In this paper, the authors focus on a well known problem in the multidimensional persistent homology of filtrations, namely the classification of all indecomposable modules which is known to be a wild problem. More precisely, they consider the subclass of interval-decomposable persistence modules. By introducing the definition of pre-interval representations, they study the relationships between pre-interval, interval, and thin indecomposable representations. They especially show that over the ``equioriented commutative 2D grid, these concepts are equivalent and provide a criterion for determining whether or not an \(n\)D persistence module is interval/pre-interval/thin-decomposable without having to explicitly compute decompositions. For 2D persistence modules, they provide an algorithm for determining interval-decomposability,




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