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secondaryPolytope -- computes the secondary polytope of a compact polyhedron

Synopsis

Description

The secondary polytope parametrises the regular subdivisions of a polytope. See ... to be added.
i1 : P = crossPolytope 2

o1 = P

o1 : Polyhedron
i2 : Q = secondaryPolytope P

o2 = Q

o2 : Polyhedron
i3 : vertices Q

o3 = | 1/3 1/6 |
     | 1/3 1/6 |
     | 1/6 1/3 |
     | 1/6 1/3 |

              4        2
o3 : Matrix QQ  <--- QQ

Ways to use secondaryPolytope :

For the programmer

The object secondaryPolytope is a method function.