For any fixed c ≥ 1, there exist finite metric spaces whose Vietoris-Rips filtration cannot be c-approximated by any finitely presented construction of linear size; for c < √2, exponential size is required.
Note: Combinatorial Alexander duality— a short and elementary proof.Discrete & Computational Geometry, 42(4): 586–593, 2009
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Lower Bounds for Approximating the Vietoris-Rips Filtration
For any fixed c ≥ 1, there exist finite metric spaces whose Vietoris-Rips filtration cannot be c-approximated by any finitely presented construction of linear size; for c < √2, exponential size is required.