@conference {13330,
	title = {Smale-like decomposition and forman theory for discrete scalar fields},
	booktitle = {Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery},
	year = {2011},
	month = {2011///},
	pages = {477 - 488},
	abstract = {Forman theory, which is a discrete alternative for cell complexes to the well-known Morse theory, is currently finding several applications in areas where the data to be handled are discrete, such as image processing and computer graphics. Here, we show that a discrete scalar field f, defined on the vertices of a triangulated multidimensional domain Σ, and its gradient vector field Grad f through the Smale-like decomposition of f [6], are both the restriction of a Forman function F and its gradient field Grad F that extends f over all the simplexes of Σ. We present an algorithm that gives an explicit construction of such an extension. Hence, the scalar field f inherits the properties of Forman gradient vector fields and functions from field Grad F and function F.},
	doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-19867-0_40},
	author = {{\v C}omi{\'c},L. and Mesmoudi,M. and De Floriani, Leila}
}
