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Abstract

It has long been envisioned that the strength of the barcode invariant of
filtered cellular complexes could be increased using cohomology operations.
Leveraging recent advances in the computation of Steenrod squares, we introduce
a new family of computable invariants on mod 2 persistent cohomology termed
$Sq^k$-barcodes. We present a complete algorithmic pipeline for their
computation and illustrate their real-world applicability using the space of
conformations of the cyclo-octane molecule.