arXiv Statistics ML

Topological Detection of Hopf Bifurcations via Persistent Homology: A Functional Criterion from Time Series

The paper introduces a topological method for detecting Hopf bifurcations directly from scalar time series. It combines delay-coordinate reconstruction with persistent homology, using the maximum persistence of one‑dimensional homology classes as a scalar descriptor of cyclic structure. Finite‑resolution persistence bounds are derived for the supercritical Hopf case, and a derivative‑based estimator localizes the critical parameter; the method is tested on the Hopf normal form, Lorenz system, and a reduced Belousov–Zhabotinsky model.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 20

Learning Topological Features of $\widehat Z$-invariants

arXiv:2608. 18570v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Machine learning and data analysis techniques have recently emerged as powerful tools for identifying patterns and formulating conjectures in mathematical research, most notably in the field of low-dimensional topology.

By Brandon Robinson, Shimal Harichurn, Fabian Ruehle, Sergei Gukov, Rak-Kyeong Seong, Miranda C. N. Cheng
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 16

Learning Topological Representations for Molecular Dynamics

arXiv:2606. 14737v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations generate trajectories in a high-dimensional configuration space whose analysis critically depends on molecular descriptors, typically handcrafted observables or learned kinetic embeddings.

By Dominik Geng, Florian Graf, Martin Uray, Roland Kwitt
arXiv Machine Learning
5d ago

Persistent Homology of Time Series through Complex Networks

The paper introduces a unified pipeline that classifies univariate time series by first converting them into graphs using one of five constructions from three families (visibility, transition, proximity). The resulting graph is turned into a dissimilarity matrix, from which a Vietoris–Rips filtration produces persistence diagrams that are vectorized via persistence landscapes and topological summary statistics. Experiments on twelve UCR benchmarks reveal that no single graph construction dominates, diffusion distance consistently outperforms shortest-path metrics, and persistence-based features remain robust to noise.

By \.Ismail G\"uzel
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 1

Automated Discovery of Operable Dynamics from Videos

arXiv:2410. 11894v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Dynamical systems form the foundation of scientific discovery, traditionally modeled with predefined state variables such as the angle and angular velocity, and differential equations such as the equation of motion for a single pendulum.

By Kuang Huang, Dong Heon Cho, Boyuan Chen