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+import numpy as np
+import dionysus as d
+
+
+def diagram_array(dgm):
+    res = []
+    for p in dgm:
+        if p.death != np.inf:
+            res.append([p.birth, p.death])
+    return np.array(res)
+
+
+def SW_approx(dgm1, dgm2, M):
+    dgm1 = diagram_array(dgm1)
+    dgm2 = diagram_array(dgm2)
+    # Add \pi_\delta(dgm1) to dgm2 and vice-versa
+    proj1 = dgm1.dot([1, 1])/np.sqrt(2)
+    proj2 = dgm2.dot([1, 1])/np.sqrt(2)
+    dgm1 = np.vstack((dgm1, np.vstack((proj2, proj2)).T))
+    dgm2 = np.vstack((dgm2, np.vstack((proj1, proj1)).T))
+    SW = 0
+    theta = -np.pi/2
+    s = np.pi/M
+    for i in range(M):
+        # Project each diagram on the direction theta
+        vec = [1, np.arctan(theta)]
+        vec = vec / np.linalg.norm(vec)
+        V1 = dgm1.dot(vec)
+        V2 = dgm2.dot(vec)
+        # Sort the projections
+        V1.sort()
+        V2.sort()
+        # l1-distance between the projections
+        SW = SW + s * np.sum(np.abs(V1 - V2))
+        theta = theta + s
+    return SW / M