Computational Topology - Softcover

Herbert Edelsbrunner; John L. Harer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1470467690 ISBN 13: 9781470467692

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2022

Synopsis

Combining concepts from topology and algorithms, this book delivers what its title promises: an introduction to the field of computational topology. Starting with motivating problems in both mathematics and computer science and building up from classic topics in geometric and algebraic topology, the third part of the text advances to persistent homology. This point of view is critically important in turning a mostly theoretical field of mathematics into one that is relevant to a multitude of disciplines in the sciences and engineering. The main approach is the discovery of topology through algorithms. The book is ideal for teaching a graduate or advanced undergraduate course in computational topology, as it develops all the background of both the mathematical and algorithmic aspects of the subject from first principles. Thus the text could serve equally well in a course taught in a mathematics department or computer science department.

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About the Author

Herbert Edelsbrunner, Duke University, Durham, NC, and Geomagic, Research Triangle Park, NC, and John L. Harer, Duke University, Durham, NC

Edition details

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1470467690
• ISBN 13: 9781470467692
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 241