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Example of persistent homology for a gray-scale digital image. (a) A gray-scale image, (b) the matrix of gray values, (c) the filtered cubical complex associated to the digital image, and (d) the barcode for the nested sequence of spaces in panel (c). A solid line represents the lifetime of a component, and a dashed line represents the lifetime of a hole.
