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ccRefinement -- computes the coarsest common refinement of a set of rays

Synopsis

Description

The coarsest common refinement of a set of rays R is the common refinement of all possible triangulations of the rays.

For example, consider a three dimensional cone with four rays:
i1 : R = matrix {{1,1,-1,-1},{1,-1,1,-1},{1,1,1,1}}

o1 = | 1 1  -1 -1 |
     | 1 -1 1  -1 |
     | 1 1  1  1  |

              3        4
o1 : Matrix ZZ  <--- ZZ

The coarsest common refinement has a fifth ray and consists of four cones.
i2 : F = ccRefinement R

o2 = F

o2 : Fan
i3 : rays F

o3 = | 0 -1 1  -1 1 |
     | 0 -1 -1 1  1 |
     | 1 1  1  1  1 |

              3        5
o3 : Matrix ZZ  <--- ZZ

Ways to use ccRefinement :

For the programmer

The object ccRefinement is a method function.