Quasi-Universality of Reeb Graph Distances

Ulrich Bauer, Håvard Bakke Bjerkevik, Benedikt Fluhr

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Abstract

We establish bi-Lipschitz bounds certifying quasi-universality (universality up to a constant factor) for various distances between Reeb graphs: the interleaving distance, the functional distortion distance, and the functional contortion distance. The definition of the latter distance is a novel contribution, and for the special case of contour trees we also prove strict universality of this distance. Furthermore, we prove that for the special case of merge trees the functional contortion distance coincides with the interleaving distance, yielding universality of all four distances in this case.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry, SoCG 2022
EditorsXavier Goaoc, Michael Kerber
PublisherSchloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
ISBN (Electronic)9783959772273
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2022
Event38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry, SoCG 2022 - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 7 Jun 202210 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameLeibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs
Volume224
ISSN (Print)1868-8969

Conference

Conference38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry, SoCG 2022
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period7/06/2210/06/22

Keywords

  • Reeb graphs
  • contour trees
  • distances
  • functional contortion distance
  • functional distortion distance
  • interleaving distance
  • merge trees
  • universality

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