Cited by 1,274Topological and Geometric Data AnalysisHomotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic TopologyGeometric and Algebraic Topology

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Barcodes: The persistent topology of data

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Ghrist, Robert·2007·Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

Abstract

This article surveys recent work of Carlsson and collaborators on applications of computational algebraic topology to problems of feature detection and shape recognition in high-dimensional data. The primary mathematical tool considered is a homology theory for point-cloud data sets— persistent homology —and a novel representation of this algebraic characterization— barcodes . We sketch an application of these techniques to the classification of natural images.

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Crossref · 10.1090/s0273-0979-07-01191-3

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    Each chain complex in the persistence module is finitely generated as a module over the polynomial ring, and the sequence stabilizes in the index.

    “One assumes a finite-type condition that each C i * is finitely generated as an R[x]-module and that the sequence stabilizes in i (in the case of an infinite sequence of chain complexes).”
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Authors
Ghrist, R.
Affiliations
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Corresponding author
Ghrist, Robert
Venue
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
Published
2007-10-26
Volume
45
Issue
1
Pages
61-75
ISSN
  • 0002-9904 (ISSN-L)
  • 1088-9485
  • 0273-0979
OpenAlex
W2071391326
Cited by
1,236
References
32
Citations by year
2026: 78 · 2025: 98 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 105 · 2022: 93 · 2021: 111 · 2020: 121 · 2019: 121 · 2018: 86 · 2017: 66 · 2016: 76 · 2015: 46 · 2014: 41 · 2013: 37 · 2012: 18
FWCI
16.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (publishedVersion)
  • ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania) (submittedVersion)
  • Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (HR0011-07-1-0002)
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Topological and Geometric Data Analysis
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Mathematical Physics › Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Geometry and Topology › Geometric and Algebraic Topology
Keywords
persistent homology, barcodes, computational algebraic topology, feature detection, shape recognition, high-dimensional data, point clouds, natural image classification

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