--- res: bibo_abstract: - We study edge contractions in simplicial complexes and local conditions under which they preserve the topological type. The conditions are based on a generalized notion of boundary, which lends itself to defining a nested hierarchy of triangulable spaces measuring the distance to being a manifold.@eng bibo_authorlist: - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Tamal foaf_name: Dey, Tamal foaf_surname: Dey - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Herbert foaf_name: Edelsbrunner, Herbert foaf_surname: Edelsbrunner foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=3FB178DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 orcid: 0000-0002-9823-6833 - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Sumanta foaf_name: Guha, Sumanta foaf_surname: Guha - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Dmitry foaf_name: Nekhayev, Dmitry foaf_surname: Nekhayev bibo_volume: 66 dct_date: 1999^xs_gYear dct_isPartOf: - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0350-1302 dct_language: eng dct_publisher: Mathematical Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts@ dct_title: Topology preserving edge contraction@ ...