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KustinMiller :: dualComplex

dualComplex -- Dualize a chain complex

Synopsis

Description

Dualizes the chain complex cc, i.e., dc is the chain complex with modules dcp = (dual cc(-p)) and differentials dcp →dcp-1 the transpose of cc-p+1 →ccp

Other than the M2 method (dual,ChainComplex) we do not introduce an alternating sign.

i1 : R = QQ[x_1..x_4,z_1..z_4, T]

o1 = R

o1 : PolynomialRing
i2 : I =  ideal(z_2*z_3-z_1*z_4,x_4*z_3-x_3*z_4,x_2*z_2-x_1*z_4,x_4*z_1-x_3*z_2,x_2*z_1-x_1*z_3)

o2 = ideal (z z  - z z , x z  - x z , x z  - x z , x z  - x z , x z  - x z )
             2 3    1 4   4 3    3 4   2 2    1 4   4 1    3 2   2 1    1 3

o2 : Ideal of R
i3 : cc = res I

      1      5      5      1
o3 = R  <-- R  <-- R  <-- R  <-- 0
                                  
     0      1      2      3      4

o3 : ChainComplex
i4 : betti cc

            0 1 2 3
o4 = total: 1 5 5 1
         0: 1 . . .
         1: . 5 5 .
         2: . . . 1

o4 : BettiTally
i5 : dc=dualComplex(cc)

             1      5      5      1
o5 = 0  <-- R  <-- R  <-- R  <-- R
                                  
     -4     -3     -2     -1     0

o5 : ChainComplex
i6 : betti dc

            -3 -2 -1 0
o6 = total:  1  5  5 1
         0:  .  .  . 1
         1:  .  .  . .
         2:  .  .  . .
         3:  .  .  5 .
         4:  .  .  . .
         5:  .  5  . .
         6:  .  .  . .
         7:  .  .  . .
         8:  1  .  . .

o6 : BettiTally

See also

Ways to use dualComplex :

  • dualComplex(ChainComplex)