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fc -- The faces of a complex.

Synopsis

Description

Returns a list with entries lists with the faces of C starting in dimension -1. If d is given then faces of dimension d are returned.

i1 : R=QQ[x_0..x_5]

o1 = R

o1 : PolynomialRing
i2 : C=boundaryCyclicPolytope(3,R)

o2 = 2: x x x  x x x  x x x  x x x  x x x  x x x  x x x  x x x  
         0 1 2  0 2 3  0 3 4  0 1 5  1 2 5  2 3 5  0 4 5  3 4 5

o2 : complex of dim 2 embedded in dim 5 (printing facets)
     equidimensional, simplicial, F-vector {1, 6, 12, 8, 0, 0, 0}, Euler = 1
i3 : fc C

o3 = {{{}}, {x , x , x , x , x , x }, {x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x ,
              0   1   2   3   4   5     0 1   0 2   1 2   0 3   2 3   0 4 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x }, {x x x , x x x , x x x , x x x ,
      3 4   0 5   1 5   2 5   3 5   4 5     0 1 2   0 2 3   0 3 4   0 1 5 
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     x x x , x x x , x x x , x x x }, {}, {}, {}}
      1 2 5   2 3 5   0 4 5   3 4 5

o3 : List
i4 : fc(C,1)

o4 = {x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x }
       0 1   0 2   1 2   0 3   2 3   0 4   3 4   0 5   1 5   2 5   3 5   4 5

o4 : List

Ways to use fc :

For the programmer

The object fc is a method function.