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ArticleFoundations of data science (Springfield, Mo.)2024

CHATGPT FOR COMPUTATIONAL TOPOLOGY.

Jian Liu, Li Shen, Guo-Wei Wei

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Article in Foundations of data science (Springfield, Mo.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Persistent Topological Laplacians-A Survey.Mathematics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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3 authors.

Jian LiuMathematical Science Research Center, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054, China.
Li ShenDepartment of Mathematics, Michigan State University, MI 48824, USA.
Guo-Wei WeiDepartment of Mathematics, Michigan State University, MI 48824, USA.

Funding

AI-based platform for predicting emerging vaccine-escape variants and designing mutation-proof antibodiesR01AI164266 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Guowei Wei, YONG-HUI ZHENG · 2022 to 2026
$2.7M
Discovery-Driven Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence for Biosciences and Drug DiscoveryR35GM148196 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Guowei Wei · 2023 to 2026
$1.5M
Synergistic integration of topology and machine learning for the predictions of protein-ligand binding affinities and mutation impactsR01GM126189 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WEI, GUOWEI · 2018 to 2021
$1.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI164266NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM126189NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM148196
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ChatGPT represents a significant milestone in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), finding widespread applications across diverse domains. However, its effectiveness in mathematical contexts has been somewhat constrained by its susceptibility to conceptual errors. Concurrently, topological data analysis (TDA), a relatively new discipline, has garnered substantial interest in recent years. Nonetheless, the advancement of TDA is impeded by the limited understanding of computational algorithms and coding proficiency among theoreticians. This work endeavors to bridge the gap between theoretical topological concepts and their practical implementation in computational topology through the utilization of ChatGPT. We showcase how a pure theoretician, devoid of computational experience and coding skills, can effectively transform mathematical formulations and concepts into functional codes for computational topology with the assistance of ChatGPT. Our strategy outlines a productive process wherein a mathematician trains ChatGPT on pure mathematical concepts, steers ChatGPT towards generating computational topology codes, and subsequently validates the generated codes using established examples. Our specific case studies encompass the computation of Betti numbers, Laplacian matrices, and Dirac matrices for simplicial complexes, as well as the persistence of various homologies and Laplacians. Furthermore, we explore the application of ChatGPT in computing recently developed topological theories for hypergraphs and digraphs, as well as the persistent harmonic space, which has not been computed in the literature, to the best of our knowledge. This work serves as an initial step towards effectively transforming pure mathematical theories into practical computational tools, with the ultimate goal of enabling real applications across diverse fields.

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ChatGPTcomputational topologyDirachomologyLaplacianspersistence

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PMID39386148
PMCPMC11463974

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