topComponents(ChordalNet) -- top dimension of a chordal network

Synopsis

• Function: topComponents

• Usage:

  topComponents N

• Inputs:
  • N, an instance of the type ChordalNet,
• Outputs:
  • no output
• Consequences:

  • the input chordal network is modified

Description

i1 : I = toLex edgeIdeal cycleGraph 9

o1 = ideal (x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x , x x )
             1 2   2 3   3 4   4 5   5 6   6 7   7 8   1 9   8 9

o1 : Ideal of QQ[x ..x ]
                  1   9

i2 : N = chordalNet I;

i3 : chordalTria N;

i4 : codimCount N

      8     7      6     5
o4 = t  + 9t  + 20t  + 9t

o4 : ZZ[t]

i5 : topComponents N

i6 : codimCount N

       5
o6 = 9t

o6 : ZZ[t]

See also

• dim(ChordalNet) -- dimension of a chordal network
• codimCount -- codimension counts of the chains of a chordal network