Discrete line fields on surfaces

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2021.107603zbMATH Open1467.68194arXiv2002.07723OpenAlexW3118246818MaRDI QIDQ2222124FDOQ2222124

Authors: Tiago Novello, João Paixão, Thomas Lewiner, Carlos Tomei 

Publication date: 3 February 2021

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Vector fields and line fields, their counterparts without orientations on tangent lines, are familiar objects in the theory of dynamical systems. Among the techniques used in their study, the Morse--Smale decomposition of a (generic) field plays a fundamental role, relating the geometric structure of phase space to a combinatorial object consisting of critical points and separatrices. Such concepts led Forman to a satisfactory theory of discrete vector fields, in close analogy to the continuous case. In this paper, we introduce discrete line fields. Again, our definition is rich enough to provide the counterparts of the basic results in the theory of continuous line fields: a Euler-Poincar'e formula, a Morse--Smale decomposition and a topologically consistent cancellation of critical elements, which allows for topological simplification of the original discrete line field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.07723

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zbMATH Keywords

singular foliations on surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computer graphics; computational geometry (digital and algorithmic aspects) (68U05) Abstract critical point theory (Morse theory, Lyusternik-Shnirel'man theory, etc.) in infinite-dimensional spaces (58E05) Vector fields, frame fields in differential topology (57R25) Discrete Morse theory and related ideas in manifold topology (57Q70) Computational aspects of digital topology (68U03)

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