Topology preserving edge contraction
Dey T, Edelsbrunner H, Guha S, Nekhayev D. 1999. Topology preserving edge contraction. Publications de l’Institut Mathématique. 66, 23–45.
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Dey, Tamal;
Edelsbrunner, HerbertISTA 
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Guha, Sumanta;
Nekhayev, Dmitry
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Guha, Sumanta;
Nekhayev, DmitryAbstract
We study edge contractions in simplicial complexes and local conditions under which they preserve the topological type. The conditions are based on a generalized notion of boundary, which lends itself to defining a nested hierarchy of triangulable spaces measuring the distance to being a manifold.
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1999-01-01
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Publications de l'Institut Mathématique
Acknowledgement
The second author thanks Wolfgang Haken and Min Yan for interesting discussions and Günter Ziegler for suggesting the knot construction in the triangulation of the 3-sphere mentioned in Section 7.
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66
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23 - 45
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IST-REx-ID
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Dey T, Edelsbrunner H, Guha S, Nekhayev D. Topology preserving edge contraction. Publications de l’Institut Mathématique. 1999;66:23-45.
Dey, T., Edelsbrunner, H., Guha, S., & Nekhayev, D. (1999). Topology preserving edge contraction. Publications de l’Institut Mathématique. Mathematical Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Dey, Tamal, Herbert Edelsbrunner, Sumanta Guha, and Dmitry Nekhayev. “Topology Preserving Edge Contraction.” Publications de l’Institut Mathématique. Mathematical Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1999.
T. Dey, H. Edelsbrunner, S. Guha, and D. Nekhayev, “Topology preserving edge contraction,” Publications de l’Institut Mathématique, vol. 66. Mathematical Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 23–45, 1999.
Dey T, Edelsbrunner H, Guha S, Nekhayev D. 1999. Topology preserving edge contraction. Publications de l’Institut Mathématique. 66, 23–45.
Dey, Tamal, et al. “Topology Preserving Edge Contraction.” Publications de l’Institut Mathématique, vol. 66, Mathematical Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1999, pp. 23–45.
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