{"acknowledgement":"Partially supported by ARO under Grant DAAG55-98-1-0177, NSF under Grants CCR-97-12088, EIA-9972879 and CCR-00-86013.","volume":30,"year":"2003","publication":"Discrete & Computational Geometry","page":"87 - 107","citation":{"apa":"Edelsbrunner, H., Harer, J., &#38; Zomorodian, A. (2003). Hierarchical Morse-Smale complexes for piecewise linear 2-manifolds. <i>Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry</i>. Springer. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-003-2926-5\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-003-2926-5</a>","short":"H. Edelsbrunner, J. Harer, A. Zomorodian, Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry 30 (2003) 87–107.","chicago":"Edelsbrunner, Herbert, John Harer, and Afra Zomorodian. “Hierarchical Morse-Smale Complexes for Piecewise Linear 2-Manifolds.” <i>Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry</i>. Springer, 2003. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-003-2926-5\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-003-2926-5</a>.","ieee":"H. Edelsbrunner, J. Harer, and A. Zomorodian, “Hierarchical Morse-Smale complexes for piecewise linear 2-manifolds,” <i>Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry</i>, vol. 30, no. 1. Springer, pp. 87–107, 2003.","mla":"Edelsbrunner, Herbert, et al. “Hierarchical Morse-Smale Complexes for Piecewise Linear 2-Manifolds.” <i>Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry</i>, vol. 30, no. 1, Springer, 2003, pp. 87–107, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-003-2926-5\">10.1007/s00454-003-2926-5</a>.","ama":"Edelsbrunner H, Harer J, Zomorodian A. Hierarchical Morse-Smale complexes for piecewise linear 2-manifolds. <i>Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry</i>. 2003;30(1):87-107. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-003-2926-5\">10.1007/s00454-003-2926-5</a>","ista":"Edelsbrunner H, Harer J, Zomorodian A. 2003. Hierarchical Morse-Smale complexes for piecewise linear 2-manifolds. Discrete &#38; Computational Geometry. 30(1), 87–107."},"status":"public","publist_id":"2134","type":"journal_article","month":"07","doi":"10.1007/s00454-003-2926-5","publisher":"Springer","title":"Hierarchical Morse-Smale complexes for piecewise linear 2-manifolds","intvolume":"        30","author":[{"first_name":"Herbert","full_name":"Herbert Edelsbrunner","orcid":"0000-0002-9823-6833","last_name":"Edelsbrunner","id":"3FB178DA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"full_name":"Harer, John","first_name":"John","last_name":"Harer"},{"full_name":"Zomorodian, Afra","first_name":"Afra","last_name":"Zomorodian"}],"day":"01","publication_status":"published","date_updated":"2021-01-12T07:53:43Z","quality_controlled":0,"_id":"3993","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We present algorithms for constructing a hierarchy of increasingly coarse Morse-Smale complexes that decompose a piecewise linear 2-manifold. While these complexes are defined only in the smooth category, we extend the construction to the piecewise linearcategory by ensuring structural integrity and simulating differentiability. We then simplify Morse-Smale complexes by canceling pairs of critical points in order of increasing persistence."}],"extern":1,"date_published":"2003-07-01T00:00:00Z","issue":"1","date_created":"2018-12-11T12:06:19Z"}