arXiv research

Optimal Reeb graphs identified for polygon decomposition.

New method realizes planar graphs as Reeb graphs of algebraic functions.

We consider the setting of Reeb graphs of piecewise linear functions and study distances between them that are stable, meaning that functions which are similar in the supremum norm ought to have similar Reeb graphs. We define an edit distance for Reeb graphs and prove that it is stable and universal, meaning that it pr…

New method constructs smooth functions with specific Reeb graphs and preimages on 3D manifolds.

Study of Poincaré-Reeb graphs for algebraic domains.

The paper solves graph realization problems for Reeb graphs of Morse functions.

We investigate the problem of the realization of a given graph as the Reeb graph $\mathcal{R}(f)$ of a smooth function $f\colon M\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ with finitely many critical points, where $M$ is a closed manifold. We show that for any $n\geq2$ and any graph $Γ$ admitting the so called good orientation there exis…

Study Morse functions on projective plane using Reeb graphs.

Let $X$ be a simplicial complex with a piecewise linear function $f:X\to\mathbb{R}$. The Reeb graph $Reeb(f,X)$ is the quotient of $X$, where we collapse each connected component of $f^{-1}(t)$ to a single point. Let the nodes of $Reeb(f,X)$ be all homologically critical points where any homology of the corresponding c…

Characterizes smooth functions on manifolds with simple Reeb spaces.

We prove that, up to homeomorphism, any graph subject to natural necessary conditions on orientation and the cycle rank can be realized as the Reeb graph of a Morse function on a given closed manifold $M$. Along the way, we show that the Reeb number $\mathcal{R}(M)$, i.e. the maximum cycle rank among all Reeb graphs of…

Researchers reconstruct algebraic maps onto curves based on prescribed Reeb graphs.

The paper explores the structure of Reeb spaces for smooth functions on manifolds.

The paper extends previous work on Reeb graphs of smooth functions on 3D manifolds to non-orientable cases.

The Reeb graph of a function on a smooth manifold is the graph obtained as the space of all connected components of level sets such that the set of all vertices coincides with the set of all connected components of level sets including singular points. Reeb graphs are fundamental and important in the algebraic and diff…

The Reeb space of a function or a map on a manifold is defined as the space of all connected components of preimages and represents the manifold compactly. In fact, Reeb spaces are fundamental and useful tools in geometric theory of so-called Morse functions and more general maps which are sufficiently tame. Can we con…

The paper tightens bounds on distances between Reeb graphs.

The study of Morse functions on 3-manifolds and their Reeb graphs.

The study finds a special type of smooth function on connected sums of manifolds.

We prove a Reeb sphere theorem for finite simple graphs. The result bridges two different definitions of spheres in graph theory. We also reformulate Morse conditions in terms of the center manifolds, the level surface graphs {f=f(x)} in the unit sphere S(x). In the Morse case these graphs are either spheres, the empty…

For a smooth function on a smooth manifold of a suitable class, the space of all connected components of preimages is the graph and called the {\it Reeb graph}. Reeb graphs are fundamental tools in the algebraic and differential topological theory of Morse functions and more general functions which are not so wild. In …

The Reeb graph $\mathcal{R}(f)$ is one of the fundamental invariants of a smooth function $f\colon M\to \mathbb{R}$ with isolated critical points. It is defined as the quotient space $M/_{\!\sim}$ of the closed manifold $M$ by a relation that depends on $f$. Here we construct a $1$-dimensional complex $Γ(f)$ embedded…

This paper is devoted to the study of special subgroups of the automorphism groups of Kronrod-Reeb graphs of a Morse functions on $2$-torus $T^2$ which arise from the action of diffeomorphisms preserving a given Morse function on $T^2$. In this paper we give a full description of such classes of groups.

For a connected locally path-connected topological space $X$ and a continuous function $f$ on it such that its Reeb graph $R_f$ is a finite topological graph, we show that the cycle rank of $R_f$, i.e., the first Betti number $b_1(R_f)$, in computational geometry called \emph{number of loops}, is bounded from above by …

Constructs real algebraic functions with both compact and non-compact preimages.

Study shapes of 3D bounded domains using Morse height functions and Reeb graphs.

Let $P, Q$ be Heegaard surfaces of a closed orientable 3-manifold. In this paper, we introduce a method for giving an upper bound of Hempel distance of $P$ by using the Reeb graph derived from a certain horizontal arc in the ambient space $[0,1]\times[0,1]$ of the Rubinstein-Scharlemann graphic derived from $P$ and $Q$…

Study classifies Morse functions with 4 critical points on immersed 2-spheres.

We construct a correspondence between epimorphisms $\varphi \colon π_1(M) \to F_r$ from the fundamental group of a compact manifold $M$ onto the free group of rank $r$, and systems of $r$ framed non-separating hypersurfaces in $M$, which induces a bijection onto framed cobordism classes of such systems. In consequence,…

Let X be a finite 2-complex with unfree fundamental group. We prove lower bounds for the area of a metric on X, in terms of the square of the least length of a noncontractible loop in X. We thus establish a uniform systolic inequality for all unfree 2-complexes. Our inequality improves the constant in M. Gromov's inequ…

Geometrically, the first Betti number of orbits is linked to the Kronrod-Reeb graph.

Study of circle arrangements related to Morse-Bott functions.

Given a metric space $X$ and a function $f: X \to \mathbb{R}$, the Reeb construction gives metric a space $X_f$ together with a quotient map $X \to X_f$. Under suitable conditions $X_f$ becomes a metric graph and can therefore be used as a graph approximation to $X$. The Gromov-Hausdorff distance from $X_f$ to $X$ is b…

The study refines algebraic domains with specific boundary conditions.

We prove that in dimension 3 every nondegenerate contact form is carried by a broken book decomposition. As an application we get that if M is a closed irreducible oriented 3-manifold that is not a graph manifold, for example a hyperbolic manifold, then every nondegenerate Reeb vector field on M has positive topologica…

Constructs real algebraic maps with specific geometric constraints.

The goal of this paper is to measure the non-convexity of compact and smooth connected components of real algebraic plane curves. We study these curves first in a general setting and then in an asymptotic one. In particular, we consider sufficiently small levels of a real bivariate polynomial in a small enough neighbou…

A pair of pants is a genus zero orientable surface with three boundary components. A pants decomposition of a surface is a finite collection of unordered pairwise disjoint simple closed curves embedded in the surface that decompose the surface into pants. In this paper we present two Morse theory based algorithms for p…

Paper connects dynamics of mechanical systems to Reeb dynamics.

A classical theorem due to Wadsley implies that, on a connected contact manifold all of whose Reeb orbits are closed, there is a common period for the Reeb orbits. In this paper we show that, for any Reeb flow on a closed connected 3-manifold, the following conditions are actually equivalent: (1) every Reeb orbit is cl…

Improved Mapper algorithm for datasets with varying density.

Uniform foliations with Reeb components on 3-manifolds.

These are notes based on a mini-course at the conference RIEMain in Contact, held in Cagliari, Sardinia, in June 2018. The main theme is the connection between Reeb dynamics and topology. Topics discussed include traps for Reeb flows, plugs for Hamiltonian flows, the Weinstein conjecture, Reeb flows with finite numbers…

Geodesics spiral around Reeb orbits in 3D contact manifolds.

Considering a solid 3-dimensional Klein bottle and a collaring of its boundary, can we extend a generic $C^\infty$ non-singular function defined on the collaring to the full solid Klein bottle without critical points? We give a condition on the Reeb graph of the given function that is necessary and sufficient for the e…

We investigate the structure of real hypersurfaces with isometric Reeb flow in Kaehler manifolds. As an application we classify real hypersurfaces with isometric Reeb flow in irreducible Hermitian symmetric spaces of compact type.

Entropy rigidity for Finsler flows but collapse for Reeb flows.

The abstract proves that certain Reeb vector fields on 3-manifolds have Birkhoff sections.