Triangulation

We investigate a classical problem in combinatorial topology, which is to triangulate a polytope in n-dimensional space.

Downloading Requirements

• Download PyCharm (free edition) from https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/.
• Download Python 3.10 from https://www.python.org/downloads/.

Importing Project

• Open PyCharm and select Get from VCS.
• Enter this project's .git link.
• Specify the download location to be the PyCharmProjects folder.

Installing Project Dependencies Automatically

• You may be prompted by PyCharm to install a Virtual Environment based on the requirements.txt file.
• Follow the onscreen instructions to do so.
• Make sure you specify your installed Python 3 for creating the Virtual Environment.

Installing Project Dependencies Manually

• Open PyCharm Settings and locate the Project: Triangulation pane.
• Click on Project Interpreter.
• Add a new VirtualEnv environment with your system Python.
• Restart PyCharm and open its local Terminal.
• Type the command pip3 install -r requirements.txt to install project dependencies.

Jupyter Server Instructions

• Open the local Terminal on PyCharm.
• Type the command jupyter notebook to open up a new Jupyter Server.
• Click on the Triangulation.ipynb file to open the notebook.
• Run each code cell using the toolbar on top of the window.