Determining homology of an unknown space from a sample

Abstract

The homology of an unknown subspace of Euclidean space can be determined from the intrinsic \v{C}ech complex of a sample of points in the subspace, without reference to the ambient Euclidean space. More precisely, given a subspace $X$ of Euclidean space and a sample $A$ of points in $X$, we give conditions for the homology of $X$ to be isomorphic to a certain persistent homology group of the intrinsic \v{C}ech complex.