Ladder Decomposition for Morphisms of Persistence Modules

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Authors: Ziva Urbancic, Jeffrey Giansiracusa 

Publication date: 7 July 2023

Abstract: The output of persistent homology is an algebraic object called a persistence module. This object admits a decomposition into a direct sum of interval persistence modules described entirely by the barcode invariant. In this paper we investigate when a morphism $PhicolonVoW$ of persistence modules admits an analogous direct sum decomposition. Jacquard et al. showed that a ladder decomposition can be obtained whenever the barcodes of $V$ and $W$ do not have any strictly nested bars. We refine this result and show that even in the presence of nested bars, a ladder decomposition exists when the morphism is sufficiently close to being invertible relative to the scale of the nested bars.

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