regina::NSpiralSolidTorus Class Reference
[Standard Triangulations and Subcomplexes]

Represents a spiralled solid torus in a triangulation. More...

#include <nspiralsolidtorus.h>

Inheritance diagram for regina::NSpiralSolidTorus:

regina::NStandardTriangulation regina::ShareableObject regina::boost::noncopyable

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

virtual ~NSpiralSolidTorus ()
 Destroys this spiralled solid torus.
NSpiralSolidTorusclone () const
 Returns a newly created clone of this structure.
unsigned long getNumberOfTetrahedra () const
 Returns the number of tetrahedra in this spiralled solid torus.
NTetrahedrongetTetrahedron (unsigned long index) const
 Returns the requested tetrahedron in this spiralled solid torus.
NPerm getVertexRoles (unsigned long index) const
 Returns a permutation represeting the role that each vertex of the requested tetrahedron plays in the solid torus.
void reverse ()
 Reverses this spiralled solid torus.
void cycle (unsigned long k)
 Cycles this spiralled solid torus by the given number of tetrahedra.
bool makeCanonical (const NTriangulation *tri)
 Converts this spiralled solid torus into its canonical representation.
bool isCanonical (const NTriangulation *tri) const
 Determines whether this spiralled solid torus is in canonical form.
NManifoldgetManifold () const
 Returns the 3-manifold represented by this triangulation, if such a recognition routine has been implemented.
NAbelianGroupgetHomologyH1 () const
 Returns the expected first homology group of this triangulation, if such a routine has been implemented.
std::ostream & writeName (std::ostream &out) const
 Writes the name of this triangulation as a human-readable string to the given output stream.
std::ostream & writeTeXName (std::ostream &out) const
 Writes the name of this triangulation in TeX format to the given output stream.
void writeTextLong (std::ostream &out) const
 Writes this object in long text format to the given output stream.

Static Public Member Functions

static NSpiralSolidTorusformsSpiralSolidTorus (NTetrahedron *tet, NPerm useVertexRoles)
 Determines if the given tetrahedron forms part of a spiralled solid torus with its vertices playing the given roles in the solid torus.


Detailed Description

Represents a spiralled solid torus in a triangulation.

A spiralled solid torus is created by placing tetrahedra one upon another in a spiralling fashion to form a giant loop.

For each tetrahedron, label the vertices A, B, C and D. Draw the tetrahedron so that the vertices form an upward spiral in the order A-B-C-D, with D directly above A. Face BCD is on the top, face ABC is on the bottom and faces ABD and ACD are both vertical.

When joining two tetrahedra, face BCD of the lower tetrahedron will be joined to face ABC of the upper tetrahedron. In this way the tetrahedra are placed one upon another to form a giant loop (which is closed up by placing the bottommost tetrahedron above the topmost tetrahedron in a similar fashion), forming a solid torus overall.

In each tetrahedron, directed edges AB, BC and CD are major edges, directed edges AC and BD are minor edges and directed edge AD is an axis edge.

The major edges all combined form a single longitude of the solid torus. Using this directed longitude, using the directed meridinal curve ACBA and assuming the spiralled solid torus contains n tetrahedra, the minor edges all combined form a (2, n) curve and the axis edges all combined form a (3, n) curve on the torus boundary.

Note that all tetrahedra in the spiralled solid torus must be distinct and there must be at least one tetrahedron.

Note also that class NTriSolidTorus represents a spiralled solid torus with precisely three tetrahedra. A spiralled solid torus with only one tetrahedron is in fact a (1,2,3) layered solid torus.

All optional NStandardTriangulation routines are implemented for this class.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::~NSpiralSolidTorus (  )  [inline, virtual]

Destroys this spiralled solid torus.


Member Function Documentation

NSpiralSolidTorus* regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::clone (  )  const

Returns a newly created clone of this structure.

Returns:
a newly created clone.

unsigned long regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::getNumberOfTetrahedra (  )  const [inline]

Returns the number of tetrahedra in this spiralled solid torus.

Returns:
the number of tetrahedra.

NTetrahedron * regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::getTetrahedron ( unsigned long  index  )  const [inline]

Returns the requested tetrahedron in this spiralled solid torus.

Tetrahedra are numbered from 0 to getNumberOfTetrahedra()-1 inclusive, with tetrahedron i+1 being placed above tetrahedron i.

Parameters:
index specifies which tetrahedron to return; this must be between 0 and getNumberOfTetrahedra()-1 inclusive.
Returns:
the requested tetrahedron.

NPerm regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::getVertexRoles ( unsigned long  index  )  const [inline]

Returns a permutation represeting the role that each vertex of the requested tetrahedron plays in the solid torus.

The permutation returned (call this p) maps 0, 1, 2 and 3 to the four vertices of tetrahedron index so that vertices p[0], p[1], p[2] and p[3] correspond to vertices A, B, C and D respectively as described in the general class notes.

In particular, the directed edge from vertex p[0] to p[3] is an axis edge, directed edges p[0] to p[2] and p[1] to p[3] are minor edges and the directed path from vertices p[0] to p[1] to p[2] to p[3] follows the three major edges.

See the general class notes for further details.

Parameters:
index specifies which tetrahedron in the solid torus to examine; this must be between 0 and getNumberOfTetrahedra()-1 inclusive.
Returns:
a permutation representing the roles of the vertices of the requested tetrahedron.

void regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::reverse (  ) 

Reverses this spiralled solid torus.

Tetrahedra 0, 1, 2, ..., getNumberOfTetrahedra()-1 will become tetrahedra getNumberOfTetrahedra()-1, ..., 2, 1, 0 respectively. Note that this operation will change the vertex roles as well.

The underlying triangulation is not changed; all that changes is how this spiralled solid torus is represented.

void regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::cycle ( unsigned long  k  ) 

Cycles this spiralled solid torus by the given number of tetrahedra.

Tetrahedra k, k+1, k+2 and so on will become tetrahedra 0, 1, 2 and so on respectively. Note that this operation will not change the vertex roles.

The underlying triangulation is not changed; all that changes is how this spiralled solid torus is represented.

Parameters:
k the number of tetrahedra through which we should cycle.

bool regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::makeCanonical ( const NTriangulation tri  ) 

Converts this spiralled solid torus into its canonical representation.

The canonical representation of a spiralled solid torus is unique in a given triangulation.

Tetrahedron 0 in the spiralled solid torus will be the tetrahedron with the lowest index in the triangulation, and under permutation getVertexRoles(0) the image of 0 will be less than the image of 3.

Parameters:
tri the triangulation in which this solid torus lives.
Returns:
true if and only if the representation of this spiralled solid torus was actually changed.

bool regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::isCanonical ( const NTriangulation tri  )  const

Determines whether this spiralled solid torus is in canonical form.

Canonical form is described in detail in the description for makeCanonical().

Parameters:
tri the triangulation in which this solid torus lives.
Returns:
true if and only if this spiralled solid torus is in canonical form.

static NSpiralSolidTorus* regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::formsSpiralSolidTorus ( NTetrahedron tet,
NPerm  useVertexRoles 
) [static]

Determines if the given tetrahedron forms part of a spiralled solid torus with its vertices playing the given roles in the solid torus.

Note that the boundary faces of the spiralled solid torus need not be boundary faces within the overall triangulation, i.e., they may be identified with each other or with faces of other tetrahedra.

Parameters:
tet the tetrahedron to examine.
useVertexRoles a permutation describing the role each tetrahedron vertex must play in the solid torus; this must be in the same format as the permutation returned by getVertexRoles().
Returns:
a newly created structure containing details of the solid torus with the given tetrahedron as tetrahedron 0, or null if the given tetrahedron is not part of a spiralled solid torus with the given vertex roles.

NManifold* regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::getManifold (  )  const [virtual]

Returns the 3-manifold represented by this triangulation, if such a recognition routine has been implemented.

If the 3-manifold cannot be recognised then this routine will return 0.

The details of which standard triangulations have 3-manifold recognition routines can be found in the notes for the corresponding subclasses of NStandardTriangulation. The default implementation of this routine returns 0.

It is expected that the number of triangulations whose underlying 3-manifolds can be recognised will grow between releases.

The 3-manifold will be newly allocated and must be destroyed by the caller of this routine.

Returns:
the underlying 3-manifold.

Reimplemented from regina::NStandardTriangulation.

NAbelianGroup* regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::getHomologyH1 (  )  const [virtual]

Returns the expected first homology group of this triangulation, if such a routine has been implemented.

If the calculation of homology has not yet been implemented for this triangulation then this routine will return 0.

This routine does not work by calling NTriangulation::getHomologyH1() on the associated real triangulation. Instead the homology is calculated directly from the known properties of this standard triangulation.

The details of which standard triangulations have homology calculation routines can be found in the notes for the corresponding subclasses of NStandardTriangulation. The default implementation of this routine returns 0.

The homology group will be newly allocated and must be destroyed by the caller of this routine.

If this NStandardTriangulation describes an entire NTriangulation (and not just a part thereof) then the results of this routine should be identical to the homology group obtained by calling NTriangulation::getHomologyH1() upon the associated real triangulation.

Returns:
the first homology group of this triangulation, or 0 if the appropriate calculation routine has not yet been implemented.

Reimplemented from regina::NStandardTriangulation.

std::ostream & regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::writeName ( std::ostream &  out  )  const [inline, virtual]

Writes the name of this triangulation as a human-readable string to the given output stream.

Python:
The parameter out does not exist; standard output will be used.
Parameters:
out the output stream to which to write.
Returns:
a reference to the given output stream.

Implements regina::NStandardTriangulation.

std::ostream & regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::writeTeXName ( std::ostream &  out  )  const [inline, virtual]

Writes the name of this triangulation in TeX format to the given output stream.

No leading or trailing dollar signs will be included.

Warning:
The behaviour of this routine has changed as of Regina 4.3; in earlier versions, leading and trailing dollar signs were provided.
Python:
The parameter out does not exist; standard output will be used.
Parameters:
out the output stream to which to write.
Returns:
a reference to the given output stream.

Implements regina::NStandardTriangulation.

void regina::NSpiralSolidTorus::writeTextLong ( std::ostream &  out  )  const [inline, virtual]

Writes this object in long text format to the given output stream.

The output should provided the user with all the information they could want. The output should end with a newline.

The default implementation of this routine merely calls writeTextShort() and adds a newline.

Python:
The parameter out does not exist; standard output will be used.
Parameters:
out the output stream to which to write.

Reimplemented from regina::ShareableObject.


The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

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This software is released under the GNU General Public License.
For further information, or to submit a bug or other problem, please contact Ben Burton (bab@debian.org).