COHEN-STEINER , David

In this paper, we prove a variant of the Burger-Brooks transfer principle which, combined with recent eigenvalue bounds for surfaces, allows to obtain upper bounds on the eigenvalues of graphs as a function of their genus. More precisely, we show the existence of a universal constants C such that the k-th eigenvalue λ_k of the normalized...

We develop a new method to estimate the area, and more generally the intrinsic volumes, of a compact subset $X$ of $\mathbb{R}^d$ from a set $Y$ that is close in the Hausdorff distance. This estimator enjoys a linear rate of convergence as a function of the Hausdorff distance under mild regularity conditions on $X$. Our approach combines tools...

In this paper, we study the spectrum and the eigenvectors of radial kernels for mixtures of distributions in R n. Our approach focuses on high dimensions and relies solely on the concentration properties of the components in the mixture. We give several results describing of the structure of kernel matrices for a sample drawn from such a...

We introduce a total order on n-simplices in the n-Euclidean space for which the support of the lexicographic-minimal chain with the convex hull boundary as boundary constraint is precisely the n-dimensional Delaunay triangulation, or in a more general setting, the regular triangulation of a set of weighted points. This new characterization of...

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We introduce in this paper an algorithm that generates from an input tolerance volume a surface triangle mesh guaranteed to be within the tolerance, intersection free and topologically correct. A pliant meshing algorithm is used to capture the topology and discover the anisotropy in the input tolerance volume in order to generate a concise...

We introduce a total order on n-simplices in the n-Euclidean space for which the support of the lexicographic-minimal chain with the convex hull boundary as boundary constraint is precisely the n-dimensional Delaunay triangulation, or in a more general setting, the regular triangulation of a set of weighted points. This new characterization of...

Previous works on lexicographic optimal chains have shown that they provide meaningful geometric homology representatives while being easier to compute than their l 1-norm optimal counterparts. This work presents a novel algorithm to efficiently compute lexicographic optimal chains with a given boundary in a triangulation of 3-space, by...

In this paper, we provide a numerical tool to study material coherence from a set of 2D Lagrangian trajectories sampling a dynamical system, i.e., from the motion of passive tracers. We show that eigenvectors of the Burau representation of a topological braid derived from the trajectories have levelsets corresponding to components of the...

This paper considers a particular case of the Optimal Homologous Chain Problem (OHCP) for integer modulo 2 coefficients, where optimality is meant as a minimal lexicographic order on chains induced by a total order on simplices. The matrix reduction algorithm used for persistent homology is used to derive polynomial algorithms solving this...

This paper considers a particular case of the Optimal Homologous Chain Problem (OHCP), where optimality is meant as a minimal lexicographic order on chains induced by a total order on simplices. The matrix reduction algorithm used for persistent homology is used to derive polynomial algorithms solving this problem instance, whereas OHCP is...

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In general, the critical points of the distance function d_M to a compact submanifold M ⊂ R^D can be poorly behaved. In this article, we show that this is generically not the case by listing regularity conditions on the critical and µ-critical points of a submanifold and by proving that they are generically satisfied and stable with respect to...

The spectrum of a network or graph $G=(V,E)$ with adjacency matrix $A$, consists of the eigenvalues of the normalized Laplacian $L= I - D^{-1/2} A D^{-1/2}$. This set of eigenvalues encapsulates many aspects of the structure of the graph, including the extent to which the graph posses community structures at multiple scales. We study the...

Geometric inference deals with the problem of recovering the geometry and topology of a compact subset K of R^d from an approximation by a finite set P. This problem has seen several important developments in the previous decade. Many of the proposed constructions share a common feature: they estimate the geometry of the underlying compact...

We introduce an effcient computational method for generating dense and low distortion maps between two arbitrary surfaces of same genus. Instead of relying on semantic correspondences or surface parameterization, we directly optimize a variance-minimizing transport plan between two input surfaces that defines an as-conformal-as-possible...

Given an input 3D geometry such as a triangle soup or a point set, we address the problem of generating a watertight and orientable surface triangle mesh that strictly encloses the input. The output mesh is obtained by greedily refining and carving a 3D Delaunay triangulation on an offset surface of the input, while carving with empty balls of...

Meshing algorithms can be roughly characterized as (i) continuation-based methods, that grow a mesh following the surface, and (ii) mesh-based methods, which build some sort of three-dimensional scaffolding around the surface. Although continuation-based methods are often used in practice, it is not easy to achieve correctness guarantees for...

Inspired by the strengths of quadric error metrics initially designed for mesh decimation, we propose a concise mesh reconstruction approach for 3D point clouds. Our approach proceeds by clustering the input points enriched with quadric error metrics, where the generator of each cluster is the optimal 3D point for the sum of its quadric error...