Computation of Homology Groups and Generators

Samuel Peltier (1) , Sylvie Alayrangues (2) , Laurent Fuchs (1) , Jacques-Olivier Lachaud (2)

1 SIC - SIGNAL-IMAGE-COMMUNICATION
2 LaBRI - Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique

Topological invariants are extremely useful in many applications related to digital imaging and geometric modeling, and homology is a classical one, which has not yet been fully explored in image applications. We present an algorithm that computes the whole homology of an object of arbitrary dimension: Betti numbers, torsion coefficients and generators. Effective implementation of this algorithm has been realized in order to perform experimentations. Results on classical shapes in algebraic topology and on discrete objects are presented and discussed.

Mots clés: Topological invariant; Shape invariant; Homology groups; Image analysis

Domaines: Autre [cs.OH]; Modélisation et simulation

Samuel Peltier, Sylvie Alayrangues, Laurent Fuchs, Jacques-Olivier Lachaud. Computation of Homology Groups and Generators. Computers and Graphics, 2006, 30, pp.62--69. ⟨10.1016/j.cag.2005.10.011⟩. ⟨hal-00308013⟩