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Discrete & Computational Geometry

, Volume 45, Issue 4, pp 737–759 | Cite as

Persistent Cohomology and Circular Coordinates

  • Vin de Silva
  • Dmitriy Morozov
  • Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson
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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.

Keywords

Dimensionality reduction Computational topology Persistent homology Persistent cohomology 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Vin de Silva
    • 1
  • Dmitriy Morozov
    • 2
  • Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of MathematicsPomona CollegeClaremontUSA
  2. 2.Departments of Computer Science and MathematicsStanford UniversityStanfordUSA
  3. 3.Department of MathematicsStanford UniversityStanfordUSA

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