SMS scnews item created by Zhou Zhang at Tue 12 Nov 2013 0105
Type: Seminar
Modified: Tue 12 Nov 2013 1205
Distribution: World
Expiry: 10 Dec 2013
Calendar1: 18 Nov 2013 1200-1300
CalLoc1: AGR Carslaw 829
Auth: zhangou@60.225.178.103 (zhouz) in SMS-WASM

# GTA Seminar : Spreer -- Parameterized Complexity of Discrete Morse Theory

Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Spreer (Queensland)

http://www.smp.uq.edu.au/node/106/1142

Time: **Monday**, Nov. 18, 12NOON--1PM

Room: AGR (Carslaw 829)

Lunch: after the talk, at Law Annex Cafe.

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Title: Parameterized Complexity of Discrete Morse Theory

Abstract: Optimal Morse matchings reveal essential structures
of cell complexes which lead to powerful tools to study discrete
3-manifolds. However, such matchings are known to be NP-hard to
compute on 3-manifolds. Here, we refine the study of the complexity
of problems related to discrete Morse theory in terms of parameterized
complexity. On the one hand we prove that the erasability problem
is W[P]-complete on the natural parameter. On the other hand we
propose an algorithm for computing optimal Morse matchings on
triangulations of 3-manifolds which is fixed-parameter tractable
in the treewidth of the dual graph of the triangulation as well
as the bipartite graph representing the adjacency of the 1- and
2-simplexes.

This is joint work with Ben Burton, Thomas Lewiner and Joao Paixao.

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Seminar website:

http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/SemConf/Geometry/


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