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Geometric approach to sampling and communication
Relationships that exist between the classical, Shannon-type, and
geometric-based approaches to sampling are investigated. Some aspects of coding
and communication through a Gaussian channel are considered. In particular, a
constructive method to determine the quantizing dimension in Zador's theorem is
provided. A geometric version of Shannon's Second Theorem is introduced.
Applications to Pulse Code Modulation and Vector Quantization of Images are
addressed.Comment: 19 pages, submitted for publicatio
A Bayesian Approach to Manifold Topology Reconstruction
In this paper, we investigate the problem of statistical reconstruction of piecewise linear manifold topology. Given a noisy, probably undersampled point cloud from a one- or two-manifold, the algorithm reconstructs an approximated most likely mesh in a Bayesian sense from which the sample might have been taken. We incorporate statistical priors on the object geometry to improve the reconstruction quality if additional knowledge about the class of original shapes is available. The priors can be formulated analytically or learned from example geometry with known manifold tessellation. The statistical objective function is approximated by a linear programming / integer programming problem, for which a globally optimal solution is found. We apply the algorithm to a set of 2D and 3D reconstruction examples, demon-strating that a statistics-based manifold reconstruction is feasible, and still yields plausible results in situations where sampling conditions are violated
The existence of thick triangulations -- an "elementary" proof
We provide an alternative, simpler proof of the existence of thick
triangulations for noncompact manifolds. Moreover, this proof
is simpler than the original one given in \cite{pe}, since it mainly uses tools
of elementary differential topology. The role played by curvatures in this
construction is also emphasized.Comment: 7 pages Short not
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