 Fundamental class of an orientable simplicial pseudomanifold (source code)

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= Fundamental class of an orientable simplicial pseudomanifold

Compatible orientations of all top-dimensional simplices make their signed sum a cycle. For a connected pseudomanifold this cycle generates top homology over the integers; if no compatible orientation exists, top integral homology is zero.

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