--- _id: '10817' abstract: - lang: eng text: The Morse-Smale complex can be either explicitly or implicitly represented. Depending on the type of representation, the simplification of the Morse-Smale complex works differently. In the explicit representation, the Morse-Smale complex is directly simplified by explicitly reconnecting the critical points during the simplification. In the implicit representation, on the other hand, the Morse-Smale complex is given by a combinatorial gradient field. In this setting, the simplification changes the combinatorial flow, which yields an indirect simplification of the Morse-Smale complex. The topological complexity of the Morse-Smale complex is reduced in both representations. However, the simplifications generally yield different results. In this chapter, we emphasize properties of the two representations that cause these differences. We also provide a complexity analysis of the two schemes with respect to running time and memory consumption. acknowledgement: This research is supported and funded by the Digiteo unTopoVis project, the TOPOSYS project FP7-ICT-318493-STREP, and MPC-VCC. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: David full_name: Günther, David last_name: Günther - first_name: Jan full_name: Reininghaus, Jan id: 4505473A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Reininghaus - first_name: Hans-Peter full_name: Seidel, Hans-Peter last_name: Seidel - first_name: Tino full_name: Weinkauf, Tino last_name: Weinkauf citation: ama: 'Günther D, Reininghaus J, Seidel H-P, Weinkauf T. Notes on the simplification of the Morse-Smale complex. In: Bremer P-T, Hotz I, Pascucci V, Peikert R, eds. Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization III. Mathematics and Visualization. Cham: Springer Nature; 2014:135-150. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04099-8_9' apa: 'Günther, D., Reininghaus, J., Seidel, H.-P., & Weinkauf, T. (2014). Notes on the simplification of the Morse-Smale complex. In P.-T. Bremer, I. Hotz, V. Pascucci, & R. Peikert (Eds.), Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization III. (pp. 135–150). Cham: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04099-8_9' chicago: 'Günther, David, Jan Reininghaus, Hans-Peter Seidel, and Tino Weinkauf. “Notes on the Simplification of the Morse-Smale Complex.” In Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization III., edited by Peer-Timo Bremer, Ingrid Hotz, Valerio Pascucci, and Ronald Peikert, 135–50. Mathematics and Visualization. Cham: Springer Nature, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04099-8_9.' ieee: 'D. Günther, J. Reininghaus, H.-P. Seidel, and T. Weinkauf, “Notes on the simplification of the Morse-Smale complex,” in Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization III., P.-T. Bremer, I. Hotz, V. Pascucci, and R. Peikert, Eds. Cham: Springer Nature, 2014, pp. 135–150.' ista: 'Günther D, Reininghaus J, Seidel H-P, Weinkauf T. 2014.Notes on the simplification of the Morse-Smale complex. In: Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization III. , 135–150.' mla: Günther, David, et al. “Notes on the Simplification of the Morse-Smale Complex.” Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization III., edited by Peer-Timo Bremer et al., Springer Nature, 2014, pp. 135–50, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-04099-8_9. short: D. Günther, J. Reininghaus, H.-P. Seidel, T. Weinkauf, in:, P.-T. Bremer, I. Hotz, V. Pascucci, R. Peikert (Eds.), Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization III., Springer Nature, Cham, 2014, pp. 135–150. date_created: 2022-03-04T08:33:57Z date_published: 2014-03-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-05T15:33:45Z day: '19' department: - _id: HeEd doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-04099-8_9 ec_funded: 1 editor: - first_name: Peer-Timo full_name: Bremer, Peer-Timo last_name: Bremer - first_name: Ingrid full_name: Hotz, Ingrid last_name: Hotz - first_name: Valerio full_name: Pascucci, Valerio last_name: Pascucci - first_name: Ronald full_name: Peikert, Ronald last_name: Peikert language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa_version: None page: 135-150 place: Cham project: - _id: 255D761E-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '318493' name: Topological Complex Systems publication: Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization III. publication_identifier: eisbn: - '9783319040998' eissn: - 2197-666X isbn: - '9783319040981' issn: - 1612-3786 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' series_title: Mathematics and Visualization status: public title: Notes on the simplification of the Morse-Smale complex type: book_chapter user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2014' ...