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isPure(TropicalCycle) -- checks whether a tropical cycle is pure

Synopsis

Function: isPure
Usage:

isPure(T)
Inputs:
- T, a tropical cycle,
Outputs:
- B, a Boolean value,

Description

This function checks whether the fan associated to the tropical cycle is pure, i.e. if the maximal cones have all the same dimension.

i1 : F=fan ({posHull(matrix{{1,2,3},{0,2,0}}),posHull(matrix{{0},{1}})});

i2 : T=tropicalCycle (F,{1,2});

i3 : isPure T

o3 = false

Ways to use this method:

isPure(TropicalCycle) -- checks whether a tropical cycle is pure