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Merging Discrete Morse Vector Fields: A Case of Stubborn Geometric Parallelization

Content Provider	MDPI
Author	Lenseth, Douglas Goldfarb, Boris
Copyright Year	2021
Description	We address the basic question in discrete Morse theory of combining discrete gradient fields that are partially defined on subsets of the given complex. This is a well-posed question when the discrete gradient field V is generated using a fixed algorithm which has a local nature. One example is ProcessLowerStars, a widely used algorithm for computing persistent homology associated to a grey-scale image in 2D or 3D. While the algorithm for V may be inherently local, being computed within stars of vertices and so embarrassingly parallelizable, in practical use, it is natural to want to distribute the computation over patches $Pi$ , apply the chosen algorithm to compute the fields $Vi$ associated to each patch, and then assemble the ambient field V from these. Simply merging the fields from the patches, even when that makes sense, gives a wrong answer. We develop both very general merging procedures and leaner versions designed for specific, easy-to-arrange covering patterns.
Starting Page	360
e-ISSN	19994893
DOI	10.3390/a14120360
Journal	Algorithms
Issue Number	12
Volume Number	14
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2021-12-11
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Algorithms Artificial Intelligence Discrete Morse Theory Gradient Vector Field Distributed Computation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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