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##  ProjectiveToricVariety.gd         ToricVarieties package         Sebastian Gutsche
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##  Copyright 2011 Lehrstuhl B für Mathematik, RWTH Aachen
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##  The Category of projective toric Varieties
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##  <#GAPDoc Label="IsProjectiveToricVariety">
##  <ManSection>
##    <Filt Type="Category" Arg="M" Name="IsProjectiveToricVariety"/>
##    <Returns><C>true</C> or <C>false</C></Returns>
##    <Description>
##      The &GAP; category of a projective toric variety.
##    </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##  <#/GAPDoc>
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DeclareCategory( "IsProjectiveToricVariety",
                 IsToricVariety );

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## Attribute
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##  <#GAPDoc Label="PolytopeOfVariety">
##  <ManSection>
##    <Attr Arg="vari" Name="PolytopeOfVariety"/>
##    <Returns>a polytope</Returns>
##    <Description>
##      Returns the polytope corresponding to the projective toric variety <A>vari</A>, if it exists.
##    </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##  <#/GAPDoc>
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DeclareAttribute( "PolytopeOfVariety",
                  IsToricVariety );

##  <#GAPDoc Label="AffineCone">
##  <ManSection>
##    <Attr Arg="vari" Name="AffineCone"/>
##    <Returns>a variety</Returns>
##    <Description>
##      Returns the affine cone of the projective toric variety <A>vari</A>.
##    </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##  <#/GAPDoc>
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DeclareAttribute( "AffineCone",
                  IsToricVariety );

##  <#GAPDoc Label="ProjectiveEmbedding">
##  <ManSection>
##    <Attr Arg="vari" Name="ProjectiveEmbedding"/>
##    <Returns>a list</Returns>
##    <Description>
##      Returns characters for a closed embedding in an projective space for the projective toric variety <A>vari</A>.
##    </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##  <#/GAPDoc>
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DeclareAttribute( "ProjectiveEmbedding",
                  IsToricVariety );

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## Methods
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##  <#GAPDoc Label="PolytopeMethod">
##  <ManSection>
##    <Oper Arg="vari" Name="Polytope"/>
##    <Returns>a polytope</Returns>
##    <Description>
##      Returns the polytope of the variety <A>vari</A>. Another name for PolytopeOfVariety for compatibility and shortness.
##    </Description>
##  </ManSection>
##  <#/GAPDoc>
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DeclareOperation( "Polytope",
                  [ IsToricVariety ] );

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## Constructors
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