Title
On the complexity of the representation of simplicial complexes by trees
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the problem of the representation of simplicial complexes by trees. We introduce and analyze local and global tree representations. We prove that the global tree representation is more efficient in terms of time complexity for searching a given simplex and we show that the local tree representation is more efficient in terms of size of the structure. The simplicial complexes are modeled by hypergraphs. We then prove that the associated combinatorial optimization problems are very difficult to solve and to approximate even if the set of maximal simplices induces a planar graph of maximum degree at most three or a bounded degree hypergraph. However, we prove polynomial time algorithms that compute constant factor approximations and optimal solutions for some classes of instances.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.tcs.2015.12.034
Theoretical Computer Science
Keywords
Field
DocType
Simplicial complexes,Hypergraphs,Tree representations,NP-completeness,APX-completeness,Approximation algorithms
Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Simplicial approximation theorem,Simplicial set,Simplicial homology,Simplicial manifold,Simplicial complex,h-vector,Time complexity,Abstract simplicial complex,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
617
C
0304-3975
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
4
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jean-Daniel Boissonnat12287406.97
Dorian Mazauric28213.34