For bicovariant differential calculi on quantum matrix groups a generalisation of classical notions such as metric tensor, Hodge operator, codifferential and Laplace-Beltrami operator for arbitrary k-forms is given. Under some technical assumptions it is proved that Woronowicz’ external algebra of left-invariant differential forms either contains a unique form of maximal degree or it is infinit...

The ubiquity of the Laplace-Beltrami operator in shape analysis can be seen by observing the wide variety of applications where it has been found to be useful. Here we demonstrate a small subset of such uses with their latest developments including a scale invariant transform for general triangulated meshes, an effective and efficient method for denoising meshes using Beltrami flows via high di...

In this work we propose a generalization of the Heat Kernel Signature (HKS). The HKS is a point signature derived from the heat kernel of the Laplace-Beltrami operator of a surface. In the theory of exterior calculus on a Riemannian manifold, the Laplace-Beltrami operator of a surface is a special case of the Hodge Laplacian which acts on r-forms, i. e. the Hodge Laplacian on 0-forms (functions...

Laplace–Beltrami operator and its discretization play a central role in the fields of image processing, computer graphics, computer aided geometric design and so on. In this paper, a discrete scheme for Laplace–Beltrami operator over quadrilateral meshes is constructed based on a bilinear interpolation of the quadrilateral. Convergence results for the proposed discrete scheme are established un...

The Laplace–Beltrami operator, a fundamental object associated with Riemannian manifolds, encodes all intrinsic geometry of manifolds and has many desirable properties. Recently, we proposed the point integral method (PIM), a novel numerical method for discretizing the Laplace–Beltrami operator on point clouds (Li et al. in Commun Comput Phys 22(1):228–258, 2017). In this paper, we analyze the ...

Mesh segmentation offers a desirable divide-and-conquer strategy for many graphics applications. In this paper, we present a novel, efficient, and intrinsic method to segment meshes following the minima rule. The eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator define locality and volume-shape preserving functions over a surface. Inspired on Manifold learning theory, we use these functions as th...