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facePoset -- generates the face poset of a simplicial complex

Synopsis

Description

The face poset of a SimplicialComplex is the poset of faces with partial ordering given by inclusion.

i1 : R = QQ[a..d];
i2 : facePoset simplicialComplex {a*b*c, c*d}

o2 = Relation Matrix: | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
                      | 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 |
                      | 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 |
                      | 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 |
                      | 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 |
                      | 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 |
                      | 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 |
                      | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 |
                      | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 |
                      | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 |

o2 : Poset

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Ways to use facePoset :

For the programmer

The object facePoset is a method function.