FIG. 2.
Local minima (gray markers), local maxima (black markers), saddle points (red markers), and Reeb graphs in a collection of two-dimensional shapes (a, b) and three-dimensional shapes (c–e) considering the geodesic distance from the base of each shape, shown with a color gradient. In the areas where many neighboring local minima or maxima vertices are positioned, they are displayed with a single marker.