Persistent cohomology and circular coordinates

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DOI10.1007/S00454-011-9344-XzbMATH Open1216.68322arXiv0905.4887OpenAlexW4233964287WikidataQ59442788 ScholiaQ59442788MaRDI QIDQ540443FDOQ540443


Authors: Vin de Silva, Dmitriy Morozov, Mikael Vejdemo Johansson Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 3 June 2011

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Nonlinear dimensionality reduction (NLDR) algorithms such as Isomap, LLE and Laplacian Eigenmaps address the problem of representing high-dimensional nonlinear data in terms of low-dimensional coordinates which represent the intrinsic structure of the data. This paradigm incorporates the assumption that real-valued coordinates provide a rich enough class of functions to represent the data faithfully and efficiently. On the other hand, there are simple structures which challenge this assumption: the circle, for example, is one-dimensional but its faithful representation requires two real coordinates. In this work, we present a strategy for constructing circle-valued functions on a statistical data set. We develop a machinery of persistent cohomology to identify candidates for significant circle-structures in the data, and we use harmonic smoothing and integration to obtain the circle-valued coordinate functions themselves. We suggest that this enriched class of coordinate functions permits a precise NLDR analysis of a broader range of realistic data sets.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4887




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