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isMinimalChainComplex -- tests for minimality

Usage:

b = isMinimalChainComplex C
Inputs:
- C, a chain complex, chain complex of free modules
Outputs:
- b, a Boolean value,

Description

The script tests whether all the differentials of C become zero when we substitute 0 for each variable of ring C

For the programmer

The object isMinimalChainComplex is a function closure.

The source of this document is in /build/macaulay2-88fgJW/macaulay2-1.25.11+ds/M2/Macaulay2/packages/ChainComplexExtras.m2:1217:0.