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Wojtek Chacholski: Topology and data

Time: Mon 2016-05-23 15.15

Location: Room 3721, Lindstedtsvägen 25, 7th floor, Department of Mathematics

Participating: Wojtek Chacholski

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How can we identify statistically significant features of a topological space? In this elementary talk I  explain how so called persistence is used for that purpose. I will also illustrate how these topology-based ideas might be used for understanding some data.