Günter Rote and Gert Vegter:
Computational topology: an introduction
In: Effective Computational Geometry for Curves and Surfaces. Editors:
Jean-Daniel Boissonnat and Monique Teillaud, Chapter 5. Mathematics and
Visualization, Springer-Verlag, 2006, pp. 277–312. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-33259-6_7
Abstract
This is an introduction to combinatorial topology, with an emphasis on
subjects that are of interest for computational geometry in two and three
dimensions. It covers the notions of homotopy and isotopy, simplicial homology,
Betti numbers, and basic results from Morse Theory.
Last update: May 13, 2016.