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isShelling -- determines whether a list of faces is a shelling

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Description

Determines if a list of faces is a shelling order of the simplicial complex generated by the list.

Let $S$ be the simplicial complex generated by the list of facets $L$. If $S$ is pure, then definition III.2.1 in [St] is used. That is, $L_1, .., L_n$ is a shelling order of $S$ if the difference in the $j$-th and $j-1$-th subcomplex has a unique minimal face, for $2 \leq j \leq n$.

If $S$ is non-pure, then definition 2.1 in [BW-1] is used. That is, $L_1, .., L_n$ is a shelling order if the intersection of the faces of the first $j-1$ facets with the faces of the $L_j$ is pure and $dim L_j - 1$-dimensional.

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

o2 = true
i3 : isShelling {a*b*c, c*d*e, b*c*d}

o3 = false

See also

Ways to use isShelling :

For the programmer

The object isShelling is a method function.