Topological signals of singularities in Ricci flow

DOI10.3390/AXIOMS6030024MaRDI QIDQ2275134zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Howard A. Blair, Matthew Corne, Gordon Jones, Vidit Nanda, Paul M. Alsing, Warner A. Miller, K. Mischaikow

Publication date 2 October 2019

Published in Axioms (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.02630

zbMATH Keywords

discrete Ricci flowpersistent homologyRicci flowsingularity detection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Triangulating manifolds (57Q15)

Abstract: We implement methods from computational homology to obtain a topological signal of singularity formation in a selection of geometries evolved numerically by Ricci flow. Our approach, based on persistent homology, produces precise, quantitative measures describing the behavior of an entire collection of data across a discrete sample of times. We analyze the topological signals of geometric criticality obtained numerically from the application of persistent homology to models manifesting singularities under Ricci flow. The results we obtain for these numerical models suggest that the topological signals distinguish global singularity formation (collapse to a round point) from local singularity formation (neckpinch). Finally, we discuss the interpretation and implication of these results and future applications.

Review text

Summary: We implement methods from computational homology to obtain a topological signal of singularity formation in a selection of geometries evolved numerically by Ricci flow. Our approach, based on persistent homology, produces precise, quantitative measures describing the behavior of an entire collection of data across a discrete sample of times. We analyze the topological signals of geometric criticality obtained numerically from the application of persistent homology to models manifesting singularities under Ricci flow. The results we obtain for these numerical models suggest that the topological signals distinguish global singularity formation (collapse to a round point) from local singularity formation (neckpinch). Finally, we discuss the interpretation and implication of these results and future applications.

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