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sage/topology/cubical_complex.py

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+# sage_setup: distribution = sagemath-graphs
+# sage.doctest: needs sage.graphs
+r"""
+Finite cubical complexes
+
+AUTHORS:
+
+- John H. Palmieri (2009-08)
+
+This module implements the basic structure of finite cubical
+complexes.  For full mathematical details, see Kaczynski, Mischaikow,
+and Mrozek [KMM2004]_, for example.
+
+Cubical complexes are topological spaces built from gluing together
+cubes of various dimensions; the collection of cubes must be closed
+under taking faces, just as with a simplicial complex.  In this
+context, a "cube" means a product of intervals of length 1 or length 0
+(degenerate intervals), with integer endpoints, and its faces are
+obtained by using the nondegenerate intervals: if `C` is a cube -- a
+product of degenerate and nondegenerate intervals -- and if `[i,i+1]`
+is the `k`-th nondegenerate factor, then `C` has two faces indexed by
+`k`: the cubes obtained by replacing `[i, i+1]` with `[i, i]` or
+`[i+1, i+1]`.
+
+So to construct a space homeomorphic to a circle as a cubical complex,
+we could take for example the four line segments in the plane from
+`(0,2)` to `(0,3)` to `(1,3)` to `(1,2)` to `(0,2)`.  In Sage, this is
+done with the following command::
+
+    sage: S1 = CubicalComplex([([0,0], [2,3]), ([0,1], [3,3]),
+    ....:                      ([0,1], [2,2]), ([1,1], [2,3])]); S1
+    Cubical complex with 4 vertices and 8 cubes
+
+The argument to ``CubicalComplex`` is a list of the maximal "cubes" in
+the complex.  Each "cube" can be an instance of the class ``Cube`` or
+a list (or tuple) of "intervals", and an "interval" is a pair of
+integers, of one of the two forms `[i, i]` or `[i, i+1]`.  So the
+cubical complex ``S1`` above has four maximal cubes::
+
+    sage: len(S1.maximal_cells())
+    4
+    sage: sorted(S1.maximal_cells())
+    [[0,0] x [2,3], [0,1] x [2,2], [0,1] x [3,3], [1,1] x [2,3]]
+
+The first of these, for instance, is the product of the degenerate
+interval `[0,0]` with the unit interval `[2,3]`: this is the line
+segment in the plane from `(0,2)` to `(0,3)`.  We could form a
+topologically equivalent space by inserting some degenerate simplices::
+
+    sage: S1.homology()                                                                 # needs sage.modules
+    {0: 0, 1: Z}
+    sage: X = CubicalComplex([([0,0], [2,3], [2]), ([0,1], [3,3], [2]),
+    ....:                     ([0,1], [2,2], [2]), ([1,1], [2,3], [2])])
+    sage: X.homology()                                                                  # needs sage.modules
+    {0: 0, 1: Z}
+
+Topologically, the cubical complex ``X`` consists of four edges of a
+square in `\RR^3`: the same unit square as ``S1``, but embedded in
+`\RR^3` with `z`-coordinate equal to 2.  Thus ``X`` is homeomorphic to
+``S1`` (in fact, they're "cubically equivalent"), and this is
+reflected in the fact that they have isomorphic homology groups.
+
+.. NOTE::
+
+   This class derives from
+   :class:`~sage.homology.cell_complex.GenericCellComplex`, and so
+   inherits its methods.  Some of those methods are not listed here;
+   see the :mod:`Generic Cell Complex <sage.homology.cell_complex>`
+   page instead.
+"""
+
+from copy import copy
+from .cell_complex import GenericCellComplex
+from sage.structure.sage_object import SageObject
+from sage.rings.integer import Integer
+from sage.sets.set import Set
+from sage.rings.integer_ring import ZZ
+from sage.rings.rational_field import QQ
+from sage.misc.cachefunc import cached_method
+from sage.misc.lazy_import import lazy_import
+from sage.misc.superseded import deprecation
+from functools import total_ordering
+
+lazy_import('sage.matrix.constructor', 'matrix')
+
+
+@total_ordering
+class Cube(SageObject):
+    r"""
+    Define a cube for use in constructing a cubical complex.
+
+    "Elementary cubes" are products of intervals with integer
+    endpoints, each of which is either a unit interval or a degenerate
+    (length 0) interval; for example,
+
+    .. MATH::
+
+       [0,1] \times [3,4] \times [2,2] \times [1,2]
+
+    is a 3-dimensional cube (since one of the intervals is degenerate)
+    embedded in `\RR^4`.
+
+    INPUT:
+
+    - ``data`` -- list or tuple of terms of the form ``(i,i+1)`` or
+      ``(i,i)`` or ``(i,)``; the last two are degenerate intervals
+
+    OUTPUT: an elementary cube
+
+    Each cube is stored in a standard form: a tuple of tuples, with a
+    nondegenerate interval ``[j,j]`` represented by ``(j,j)``, not
+    ``(j,)``.  (This is so that for any interval ``I``, ``I[1]`` will
+    produce a value, not an :exc:`IndexError`.)
+
+    EXAMPLES::
+
+        sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+        sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,7], [-1, 0]]); C
+        [1,2] x [5,5] x [6,7] x [-1,0]
+        sage: C.dimension() # number of nondegenerate intervals
+        3
+        sage: C.nondegenerate_intervals()  # indices of these intervals
+        [0, 2, 3]
+        sage: C.face(1, upper=False)
+        [1,2] x [5,5] x [6,6] x [-1,0]
+        sage: C.face(1, upper=True)
+        [1,2] x [5,5] x [7,7] x [-1,0]
+        sage: Cube(()).dimension()  # empty cube has dimension -1
+        -1
+    """
+    def __init__(self, data):
+        """
+        Define a cube for use in constructing a cubical complex.
+
+        See ``Cube`` for more information.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,7], [-1, 0]]); C # indirect doctest
+            [1,2] x [5,5] x [6,7] x [-1,0]
+            sage: C == loads(dumps(C))
+            True
+        """
+        if isinstance(data, Cube):
+            data = tuple(data)
+        new_data = []
+        nondegenerate = []
+        i = 0
+        for x in data:
+            if len(x) == 2:
+                try:
+                    Integer(x[0])
+                except TypeError:
+                    raise ValueError("the interval %s is not of the correct form" % x)
+                if x[0] + 1 == x[1]:
+                    nondegenerate.append(i)
+                elif x[0] != x[1]:
+                    raise ValueError("the interval %s is not of the correct form" % x)
+                new_data.append(tuple(x))
+            elif len(x) == 1:
+                y = tuple(x)
+                new_data.append(y+y)
+            elif len(x) != 1:
+                raise ValueError("the interval %s is not of the correct form" % x)
+            i += 1
+        self.__tuple = tuple(new_data)
+        self.__nondegenerate = nondegenerate
+
+    def tuple(self):
+        """
+        The tuple attached to this cube.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,7], [-1, 0]])
+            sage: C.tuple()
+            ((1, 2), (5, 5), (6, 7), (-1, 0))
+        """
+        return self.__tuple
+
+    def is_face(self, other):
+        """
+        Return ``True`` iff this cube is a face of other.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C1 = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,7], [-1, 0]])
+            sage: C2 = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,], [-1, 0]])
+            sage: C1.is_face(C2)
+            False
+            sage: C1.is_face(C1)
+            True
+            sage: C2.is_face(C1)
+            True
+        """
+        def is_subinterval(i1, i2):
+            return ((i1[0] == i2[0] and i1[1] == i2[1]) or
+                    (i1[0] == i2[0] and i1[1] == i2[0]) or
+                    (i1[0] == i2[1] and i1[1] == i2[1]))
+
+        t = self.tuple()
+        u = other.tuple()
+        if len(t) == len(u):
+            # these must be equal for self to be a face of other
+            return all(is_subinterval(ti, ui) for ti, ui in zip(t, u))
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def _translate(self, vec):
+        """
+        Translate ``self`` by ``vec``.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``vec`` -- anything which can be converted to a tuple of integers
+
+        OUTPUT: cube; the translation of ``self`` by ``vec``
+
+        If ``vec`` is shorter than the list of intervals forming the
+        cube, pad with zeroes, and similarly if the cube's defining
+        tuple is too short.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,7], [-1, 0]])
+            sage: C._translate((-12,))
+            [-11,-10] x [5,5] x [6,7] x [-1,0]
+            sage: C._translate((0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5))
+            [1,2] x [5,5] x [6,7] x [-1,0] x [0,0] x [5,5]
+        """
+        t = self.__tuple
+        embed = max(len(t), len(vec))
+        t = t + ((0, 0),) * (embed-len(t))
+        vec = tuple(vec) + (0,) * (embed-len(vec))
+        new = []
+        for (a, b) in zip(t, vec):
+            new.append([a[0] + b, a[1] + b])
+        return Cube(new)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, n):
+        """
+        Return the `n`-th interval in this cube.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``n`` -- integer
+
+        OUTPUT: tuple representing the `n`-th interval in the cube
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,7], [-1, 0]])
+            sage: C[2]
+            (6, 7)
+            sage: C[1]
+            (5, 5)
+        """
+        return self.__tuple[n]
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        """
+        Iterator for the intervals of this cube.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,7], [-1, 0]])
+            sage: [x[0] for x in C]
+            [1, 5, 6, -1]
+        """
+        return iter(self.__tuple)
+
+    def __add__(self, other):
+        """
+        Cube obtained by concatenating the underlying tuples of the
+        two arguments.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- another cube
+
+        OUTPUT: the product of ``self`` and ``other``, as a Cube
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [3,]])
+            sage: D = Cube([[4], [0,1]])
+            sage: C.product(D)
+            [1,2] x [3,3] x [4,4] x [0,1]
+
+        You can also use ``__add__`` or ``+`` or ``__mul__`` or ``*``::
+
+            sage: D * C
+            [4,4] x [0,1] x [1,2] x [3,3]
+            sage: D + C * C
+            [4,4] x [0,1] x [1,2] x [3,3] x [1,2] x [3,3]
+        """
+        return Cube(self.__tuple + other.__tuple)
+
+    # the __add__ operation actually produces the product of the two cubes
+    __mul__ = __add__
+    product = __add__
+
+    def nondegenerate_intervals(self):
+        """
+        The list of indices of nondegenerate intervals of this cube.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,7], [-1, 0]])
+            sage: C.nondegenerate_intervals()
+            [0, 2, 3]
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,], [5,], [6,], [-1,]])
+            sage: C.nondegenerate_intervals()
+            []
+        """
+        return self.__nondegenerate
+
+    def dimension(self):
+        """
+        The dimension of this cube: the number of its nondegenerate intervals.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,7], [-1, 0]])
+            sage: C.dimension()
+            3
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,], [5,], [6,], [-1,]])
+            sage: C.dimension()
+            0
+            sage: Cube([]).dimension()  # empty cube has dimension -1
+            -1
+        """
+        if len(self.__tuple) == 0:  # empty cube
+            return -1
+        return len(self.nondegenerate_intervals())
+
+    def face(self, n, upper=True):
+        """
+        The `n`-th primary face of this cube.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``n`` -- integer between 0 and one less than the dimension
+          of this cube
+        - ``upper`` -- boolean (default=True);if ``True``, return the "upper"
+          `n`-th primary face; otherwise, return the "lower" `n`-th primary
+          face
+
+        OUTPUT: the cube obtained by replacing the `n`-th non-degenerate
+        interval with either its upper or lower endpoint.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [5,], [6,7], [-1, 0]]); C
+            [1,2] x [5,5] x [6,7] x [-1,0]
+            sage: C.face(0)
+            [2,2] x [5,5] x [6,7] x [-1,0]
+            sage: C.face(0, upper=False)
+            [1,1] x [5,5] x [6,7] x [-1,0]
+            sage: C.face(1)
+            [1,2] x [5,5] x [7,7] x [-1,0]
+            sage: C.face(2, upper=False)
+            [1,2] x [5,5] x [6,7] x [-1,-1]
+            sage: C.face(3)
+            Traceback (most recent call last):
+            ...
+            ValueError: can only compute the n-th face if 0 <= n < dim
+        """
+        if n < 0 or n >= self.dimension():
+            raise ValueError("can only compute the n-th face if 0 <= n < dim")
+        idx = self.nondegenerate_intervals()[n]
+        t = self.__tuple
+        if upper:
+            new = t[idx][1]
+        else:
+            new = t[idx][0]
+        return Cube(t[0:idx] + ((new, new),) + t[idx+1:])
+
+    def faces(self):
+        """
+        The list of faces (of codimension 1) of this cube.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [3,4]])
+            sage: C.faces()
+            [[2,2] x [3,4], [1,2] x [4,4], [1,1] x [3,4], [1,2] x [3,3]]
+        """
+        upper = [self.face(i, True) for i in range(self.dimension())]
+        lower = [self.face(i, False) for i in range(self.dimension())]
+        return upper + lower
+
+    def faces_as_pairs(self):
+        """
+        The list of faces (of codimension 1) of this cube, as pairs
+        (upper, lower).
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [3,4]])
+            sage: C.faces_as_pairs()
+            [([2,2] x [3,4], [1,1] x [3,4]), ([1,2] x [4,4], [1,2] x [3,3])]
+        """
+        upper = [self.face(i, True) for i in range(self.dimension())]
+        lower = [self.face(i, False) for i in range(self.dimension())]
+        return list(zip(upper, lower))
+
+    def _compare_for_gluing(self, other):
+        r"""
+        Given two cubes ``self`` and ``other``, describe how to
+        transform them so that they become equal.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- a cube of the same dimension as ``self``
+
+        OUTPUT: a triple ``(insert_self, insert_other, translate)``.
+        ``insert_self`` is a tuple with entries ``(index, (list of
+        degenerate intervals))``.  ``insert_other`` is similar.
+        ``translate`` is a tuple of integers, suitable as a second
+        argument for the ``_translate`` method.
+
+        To do this, ``self`` and ``other`` must have the same
+        dimension; degenerate intervals from ``other`` are added to
+        ``self``, and vice versa.  Intervals in ``other`` are
+        translated so that they coincide with the intervals in
+        ``self``.  The output is a triple, as noted above: in the
+        tuple ``insert_self``, an entry like ``(3, (3, 4, 0))`` means
+        that in position 3 in ``self``, insert the degenerate
+        intervals ``[3,3]``, ``[4,4]``, and ``[0,0]``.  The same goes
+        for ``insert_other``.  After applying the translations to the
+        cube ``other``, call ``_translate`` with argument the tuple
+        ``translate``.
+
+        This is used in forming connected sums of cubical complexes:
+        the two complexes are modified, via this method, so that they
+        have a cube which matches up, then those matching cubes are
+        removed.
+
+        In the example below, this method is called with arguments
+        ``C1`` and ``C2``, where
+
+        .. MATH::
+
+            C1 = [0,1] \times [3] \times [4] \times [6,7] \\
+            C2 = [2] \times [7,8] \times [9] \times [1,2] \times [0] \times [5]
+
+        To C1, we need to add [2] in position 0 and [0] and [5] in
+        position 5.  To C2, we need to add [4] in position 3.  Once
+        this has been done, we need to translate the new C2 by the
+        vector ``(0, -7, -6, 0, 5, 0, 0)``.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C1 = Cube([[0,1], [3], [4], [6,7]])
+            sage: C2 = Cube([[2], [7,8], [9], [1,2], [0], [5]])
+            sage: C1._compare_for_gluing(C2)
+            ([(0, ((2, 2),)), (5, ((0, 0), (5, 5)))], [(3, ((4, 4),))], [0, -7, -6, 0, 5, 0, 0])
+
+            sage: C1 = Cube([[1,1], [0,1]])
+            sage: C2 = Cube([[2,3], [4,4], [5,5]])
+            sage: C1._compare_for_gluing(C2)
+            ([(2, ((4, 4), (5, 5)))], [(0, ((1, 1),))], [0, -2, 0, 0])
+        """
+        d = self.dimension()
+        if d != other.dimension():
+            raise ValueError("cubes must be of the same dimension")
+        insert_self = []
+        insert_other = []
+        translate = []
+        self_tuple = self.tuple()
+        other_tuple = other.tuple()
+        nondegen = (list(zip(self.nondegenerate_intervals(),
+                             other.nondegenerate_intervals()))
+                    + [(len(self_tuple), len(other_tuple))])
+        old = (-1, -1)
+        self_added = 0
+        other_added = 0
+
+        for current in nondegen:
+            # number of positions between nondegenerate intervals:
+            self_diff = current[0] - old[0]
+            other_diff = current[1] - old[1]
+            diff = self_diff - other_diff
+
+            if diff < 0:
+                insert_self.append((old[0] + self_diff + self_added,
+                                    other.tuple()[current[1]+diff:current[1]]))
+                common_terms = self_diff
+                diff = -diff
+                self_added += diff
+            elif diff > 0:
+                insert_other.append((old[1] + other_diff + other_added,
+                                     self.tuple()[current[0]-diff:current[0]]))
+                common_terms = other_diff
+                other_added += diff
+            else:
+                common_terms = other_diff
+
+            if old[0] > -1:
+                translate.extend([self_tuple[old[0]+idx][0] -
+                                  other_tuple[old[1]+idx][0] for idx in
+                                  range(common_terms)])
+            translate.extend(diff*[0])
+            old = current
+
+        return (insert_self, insert_other, translate)
+
+    def _triangulation_(self):
+        r"""
+        Triangulate this cube by "pulling vertices," as described by
+        Hetyei.  Return a list of simplices which triangulate
+        ``self``.
+
+        ALGORITHM:
+
+        If the cube is given by
+
+        .. MATH::
+
+           C = [i_1, j_1] \times [i_2, j_2] \times ... \times [i_k, j_k]
+
+        let `v_1` be the "upper" corner of `C`: `v` is the point
+        `(j_1, ..., j_k)`.  Choose a coordinate `n` where the interval
+        `[i_n, j_n]` is non-degenerate and form `v_2` by replacing
+        `j_n` by `i_n`; repeat to define `v_3`, etc.  The last vertex
+        so defined will be `(i_1, ..., i_k)`.  These vertices define a
+        simplex, as do the vertices obtained by making different
+        choices at each stage.  Return the list of such simplices;
+        thus if `C` is `n`-dimensional, then it is subdivided into
+        `n!` simplices.
+
+        REFERENCES:
+
+        - G. Hetyei, "On the Stanley ring of a cubical complex",
+          Discrete Comput. Geom. 14 (1995), 305-330.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [3,4]]); C
+            [1,2] x [3,4]
+            sage: C._triangulation_()
+            [((1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 4)), ((1, 3), (2, 3), (2, 4))]
+            sage: C = Cube([[1,2], [3,4], [8,9]])
+            sage: len(C._triangulation_())
+            6
+        """
+        from .simplicial_complex import Simplex
+        if self.dimension() < 0:  # the empty cube
+            return [Simplex(())]  # the empty simplex
+        v = tuple([max(j) for j in self.tuple()])
+        Sv = Simplex((v,))
+        if self.dimension() == 0:  # just v
+            return [Sv]
+        return [S.join(Sv, rename_vertices=False)
+                for i in range(self.dimension())
+                for S in self.face(i, upper=False)._triangulation_()]
+
+    def alexander_whitney(self, dim):
+        r"""
+        Subdivide this cube into pairs of cubes.
+
+        This provides a cubical approximation for the diagonal map
+        `K \to K \times K`.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``dim`` -- integer between 0 and one more than the
+          dimension of this cube
+
+        OUTPUT:
+
+        - a list containing triples ``(coeff, left, right)``
+
+        This uses the algorithm described by Pilarczyk and Réal [PR2015]_
+        on p. 267; the formula is originally due to Serre.  Calling
+        this method ``alexander_whitney`` is an abuse of notation,
+        since the actual Alexander-Whitney map goes from `C(K \times
+        L) \to C(K) \otimes C(L)`, where `C(-)` denotes the associated
+        chain complex, but this subdivision of cubes is at the heart
+        of it.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C1 = Cube([[0,1], [3,4]])
+            sage: C1.alexander_whitney(0)
+            [(1, [0,0] x [3,3], [0,1] x [3,4])]
+            sage: C1.alexander_whitney(1)
+            [(1, [0,1] x [3,3], [1,1] x [3,4]), (-1, [0,0] x [3,4], [0,1] x [4,4])]
+            sage: C1.alexander_whitney(2)
+            [(1, [0,1] x [3,4], [1,1] x [4,4])]
+        """
+        from sage.sets.set import Set
+        N = Set(self.nondegenerate_intervals())
+        result = []
+        for J in N.subsets(dim):
+            Jprime = N.difference(J)
+            nu = 0
+            for i in J:
+                for j in Jprime:
+                    if j < i:
+                        nu += 1
+            t = self.tuple()
+            left = []
+            right = []
+            for j in range(len(t)):
+                if j in Jprime:
+                    left.append((t[j][0], t[j][0]))
+                    right.append(t[j])
+                elif j in J:
+                    left.append(t[j])
+                    right.append((t[j][1], t[j][1]))
+                else:
+                    left.append(t[j])
+                    right.append(t[j])
+            result.append(((-1)**nu, Cube(left), Cube(right)))
+        return result
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        """
+        Return ``True`` iff this cube is the same as ``other``: that is,
+        if they are the product of the same intervals in the same
+        order.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- another cube
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C1 = Cube([[1,1], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: C2 = Cube([[1], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: C3 = Cube([[0], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: C1 == C2  # indirect doctest
+            True
+            sage: C1 == C3  # indirect doctest
+            False
+        """
+        return tuple(self) == tuple(other)
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        """
+        Return ``True`` iff this cube is not equal to ``other``.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- another cube
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C1 = Cube([[1,1], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: C2 = Cube([[1], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: C3 = Cube([[0], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: C1 != C2  # indirect doctest
+            False
+            sage: C1 != C3  # indirect doctest
+            True
+        """
+        return not self == other
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        """
+        Return ``True`` iff the tuple for this cube is less than that for
+        ``other``.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- another cube
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C1 = Cube([[1,1], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: C2 = Cube([[1], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: C3 = Cube([[0], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: C1 < C1
+            False
+            sage: C1 < C3
+            False
+            sage: C3 < C1
+            True
+
+        Test ``@total_ordering`` by testing other comparisons::
+
+            sage: C1 <= C1
+            True
+            sage: C1 <= C2
+            True
+            sage: C1 >= C2
+            True
+            sage: C1 > C2
+            False
+            sage: C3 <= C1
+            True
+            sage: C1 > C3
+            True
+        """
+        return tuple(self) < tuple(other)
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        """
+        Hash value for this cube.  This computes the hash value of the
+        underlying tuple, since this is what's important when testing
+        equality.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C1 = Cube([[1,1], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: hash(C1) == hash(((1,1),(2,3),(4,5)))
+            True
+        """
+        return hash(self.__tuple)
+
+    def _repr_(self):
+        """
+        Print representation of a cube.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C1 = Cube([[1,1], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: C1
+            [1,1] x [2,3] x [4,5]
+            sage: C1._repr_()
+            '[1,1] x [2,3] x [4,5]'
+        """
+        s = ("[{},{}]".format(str(x), str(y)) for x, y in self.__tuple)
+        return " x ".join(s)
+
+    def _latex_(self):
+        r"""
+        LaTeX representation of a cube..
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: from sage.topology.cubical_complex import Cube
+            sage: C1 = Cube([[1,1], [2,3], [4,5]])
+            sage: latex(C1)
+            [1,1] \times [2,3] \times [4,5]
+            sage: C1._latex_()
+            '[1,1] \\times [2,3] \\times [4,5]'
+        """
+        return self._repr_().replace('x', r'\times')
+
+
+class CubicalComplex(GenericCellComplex):
+    r"""
+    Define a cubical complex.
+
+    INPUT:
+
+    - ``maximal_faces`` -- set of maximal faces
+    - ``maximality_check`` -- boolean (default: ``True``); see below
+
+    OUTPUT: a cubical complex
+
+    ``maximal_faces`` should be a list or tuple or set (or anything
+    which may be converted to a set) of "cubes": instances of the
+    class :class:`Cube`, or lists or tuples suitable for conversion to
+    cubes.  These cubes are the maximal cubes in the complex.
+
+    In addition, ``maximal_faces`` may be a cubical complex, in which
+    case that complex is returned.  Also, ``maximal_faces`` may
+    instead be any object which has a ``_cubical_`` method (e.g., a
+    simplicial complex); then that method is used to convert the
+    object to a cubical complex.
+
+    If ``maximality_check`` is True, check that each maximal face is,
+    in fact, maximal. In this case, when producing the internal
+    representation of the cubical complex, omit those that are not.
+    It is highly recommended that this be True; various methods for
+    this class may fail if faces which are claimed to be maximal are
+    in fact not.
+
+    EXAMPLES:
+
+    The empty complex, consisting of one cube, the empty cube::
+
+        sage: CubicalComplex()
+        Cubical complex with 0 vertices and 1 cube
+
+    A "circle" (four edges connecting the vertices (0,2), (0,3),
+    (1,2), and (1,3))::
+
+        sage: S1 = CubicalComplex([([0,0], [2,3]), ([0,1], [3,3]),
+        ....:                      ([0,1], [2,2]), ([1,1], [2,3])]); S1
+        Cubical complex with 4 vertices and 8 cubes
+        sage: S1.homology()                                                             # needs sage.modules
+        {0: 0, 1: Z}
+
+    A set of five points and its product with ``S1``::
+
+        sage: pts = CubicalComplex([([0],), ([3],), ([6],), ([-12],), ([5],)])
+        sage: pts
+        Cubical complex with 5 vertices and 5 cubes
+        sage: pts.homology()                                                            # needs sage.modules
+        {0: Z x Z x Z x Z}
+        sage: X = S1.product(pts); X
+        Cubical complex with 20 vertices and 40 cubes
+        sage: X.homology()                                                              # needs sage.modules
+        {0: Z x Z x Z x Z, 1: Z^5}
+
+    Converting a simplicial complex to a cubical complex::
+
+        sage: S2 = simplicial_complexes.Sphere(2)
+        sage: C2 = CubicalComplex(S2)
+        sage: all(C2.homology(n) == S2.homology(n) for n in range(3))                   # needs sage.modules
+        True
+
+    You can get the set of maximal cells or a dictionary of all cells::
+
+        sage: X.maximal_cells() # random: order may depend on the version of Python
+        {[0,0] x [2,3] x [-12,-12], [0,1] x [3,3] x [5,5], [0,1] x [2,2] x [3,3], [0,1] x [2,2] x [0,0], [0,1] x [3,3] x [6,6], [1,1] x [2,3] x [0,0], [0,1] x [2,2] x [-12,-12], [0,0] x [2,3] x [6,6], [1,1] x [2,3] x [-12,-12], [1,1] x [2,3] x [5,5], [0,1] x [2,2] x [5,5], [0,1] x [3,3] x [3,3], [1,1] x [2,3] x [3,3], [0,0] x [2,3] x [5,5], [0,1] x [3,3] x [0,0], [1,1] x [2,3] x [6,6], [0,1] x [2,2] x [6,6], [0,0] x [2,3] x [0,0], [0,0] x [2,3] x [3,3], [0,1] x [3,3] x [-12,-12]}
+        sage: sorted(X.maximal_cells())
+        [[0,0] x [2,3] x [-12,-12],
+         [0,0] x [2,3] x [0,0],
+         [0,0] x [2,3] x [3,3],
+         [0,0] x [2,3] x [5,5],
+         [0,0] x [2,3] x [6,6],
+         [0,1] x [2,2] x [-12,-12],
+         [0,1] x [2,2] x [0,0],
+         [0,1] x [2,2] x [3,3],
+         [0,1] x [2,2] x [5,5],
+         [0,1] x [2,2] x [6,6],
+         [0,1] x [3,3] x [-12,-12],
+         [0,1] x [3,3] x [0,0],
+         [0,1] x [3,3] x [3,3],
+         [0,1] x [3,3] x [5,5],
+         [0,1] x [3,3] x [6,6],
+         [1,1] x [2,3] x [-12,-12],
+         [1,1] x [2,3] x [0,0],
+         [1,1] x [2,3] x [3,3],
+         [1,1] x [2,3] x [5,5],
+         [1,1] x [2,3] x [6,6]]
+        sage: S1.cells()
+        {-1: set(),
+         0: {[0,0] x [2,2], [0,0] x [3,3], [1,1] x [2,2], [1,1] x [3,3]},
+         1: {[0,0] x [2,3], [0,1] x [2,2], [0,1] x [3,3], [1,1] x [2,3]}}
+
+    Chain complexes, homology, and cohomology::
+
+        sage: T = S1.product(S1); T
+        Cubical complex with 16 vertices and 64 cubes
+        sage: T.chain_complex()                                                         # needs sage.modules
+        Chain complex with at most 3 nonzero terms over Integer Ring
+        sage: T.homology(base_ring=QQ)                                                  # needs sage.modules
+        {0: Vector space of dimension 0 over Rational Field,
+         1: Vector space of dimension 2 over Rational Field,
+         2: Vector space of dimension 1 over Rational Field}
+        sage: RP2 = cubical_complexes.RealProjectivePlane()
+        sage: RP2.cohomology(dim=[1, 2], base_ring=GF(2))                               # needs sage.modules
+        {1: Vector space of dimension 1 over Finite Field of size 2,
+         2: Vector space of dimension 1 over Finite Field of size 2}
+
+    Joins are not implemented::
+
+        sage: S1.join(S1)
+        Traceback (most recent call last):
+        ...
+        NotImplementedError: joins are not implemented for cubical complexes
+
+    Therefore, neither are cones or suspensions.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, maximal_faces=None, maximality_check=True):
+        r"""
+        Define a cubical complex.  See ``CubicalComplex`` for more
+        documentation.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: X = CubicalComplex([([0,0], [2,3]), ([0,1], [3,3]), ([0,1], [2,2]), ([1,1], [2,3])]); X
+            Cubical complex with 4 vertices and 8 cubes
+            sage: X == loads(dumps(X))
+            True
+        """
+        if maximal_faces is None:
+            maximal_faces = []
+        C = None
+        if isinstance(maximal_faces, CubicalComplex):
+            C = maximal_faces
+        try:
+            C = maximal_faces._cubical_()
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        if C is not None:
+            self._facets = copy(C._facets)
+            self._cells = copy(C._cells)
+            self._complex = copy(C._complex)
+            return
+
+        good_faces = []
+        maximal_cubes = [Cube(f) for f in maximal_faces]
+        for face in maximal_cubes:
+            # check whether each given face is actually maximal
+            face_is_maximal = True
+            if maximality_check:
+                faces_to_be_removed = []
+                for other in good_faces:
+                    if other.is_face(face):
+                        faces_to_be_removed.append(other)
+                    elif face_is_maximal:
+                        face_is_maximal = not face.is_face(other)
+                for x in faces_to_be_removed:
+                    good_faces.remove(x)
+            if face_is_maximal:
+                good_faces += [face]
+        # if no maximal faces, add the empty face as a facet
+        if len(maximal_cubes) == 0:
+            good_faces.append(Cube(()))
+        # self._facets: tuple of facets
+        self._facets = tuple(good_faces)
+        # self._cells: dictionary of dictionaries of faces.  The main
+        # dictionary is keyed by subcomplexes, and each value is a
+        # dictionary keyed by dimension.  This should be empty until
+        # needed -- that is, until the faces method is called
+        self._cells = {}
+        # self._complex: dictionary indexed by dimension d, base_ring,
+        # etc.: differential from dim d to dim d-1 in the associated
+        # chain complex.  thus to get the differential in the cochain
+        # complex from dim d-1 to dim d, take the transpose of this
+        # one.
+        self._complex = {}
+
+    def maximal_cells(self):
+        """
+        The set of maximal cells (with respect to inclusion) of this
+        cubical complex.
+
+        OUTPUT: set of maximal cells
+
+        This just returns the set of cubes used in defining the
+        cubical complex, so if the complex was defined with no
+        maximality checking, none is done here, either.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: interval = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: interval
+            Cubical complex with 2 vertices and 3 cubes
+            sage: interval.maximal_cells()
+            {[0,1]}
+            sage: interval.product(interval).maximal_cells()
+            {[0,1] x [0,1]}
+        """
+        return Set(self._facets)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        r"""
+        Return ``True`` if the set of maximal cells is the same for
+        ``self`` and ``other``.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- another cubical complex
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: I1 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: I2 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: I1.product(I2) == I2.product(I1)
+            True
+            sage: I1.product(I2.product(I2)) == I2.product(I1.product(I1))
+            True
+            sage: S1 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(1)
+            sage: I1.product(S1) == S1.product(I1)
+            False
+        """
+        return self.maximal_cells() == other.maximal_cells()
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        r"""
+        Return ``True`` if ``self`` and ``other`` are not equal.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- another cubical complex
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: I1 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: I2 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: I1.product(I2) != I2.product(I1)
+            False
+            sage: I1.product(I2.product(I2)) != I2.product(I1.product(I1))
+            False
+            sage: S1 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(1)
+            sage: I1.product(S1) != S1.product(I1)
+            True
+        """
+        return not self.__eq__(other)
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        r"""
+        TESTS::
+
+            sage: I1 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: I2 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: hash(I1) == hash(I2)
+            True
+            sage: hash(I1.product(I1)) == hash(I2.product(I1))
+            True
+        """
+        return hash(frozenset(self._facets))
+
+    def is_subcomplex(self, other):
+        r"""
+        Return ``True`` if ``self`` is a subcomplex of ``other``.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- a cubical complex
+
+        Each maximal cube of ``self`` must be a face of a maximal cube
+        of ``other`` for this to be True.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: S1 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(1)
+            sage: C0 = cubical_complexes.Cube(0)
+            sage: C1 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: cyl = S1.product(C1)
+            sage: end = S1.product(C0)
+            sage: end.is_subcomplex(cyl)
+            True
+            sage: cyl.is_subcomplex(end)
+            False
+
+        The embedding of the cubical complex is important here::
+
+            sage: C2 = cubical_complexes.Cube(2)
+            sage: C1.is_subcomplex(C2)
+            False
+            sage: C1.product(C0).is_subcomplex(C2)
+            True
+
+        ``C1`` is not a subcomplex of ``C2`` because it's not embedded
+        in `\RR^2`.  On the other hand, ``C1 x C0`` is a face of
+        ``C2``.  Look at their maximal cells::
+
+            sage: C1.maximal_cells()
+            {[0,1]}
+            sage: C2.maximal_cells()
+            {[0,1] x [0,1]}
+            sage: C1.product(C0).maximal_cells()
+            {[0,1] x [0,0]}
+        """
+        other_facets = other.maximal_cells()
+        return all(any(cube.is_face(other_cube)
+                       for other_cube in other_facets)
+                   for cube in self.maximal_cells())
+
+    def cells(self, subcomplex=None):
+        """
+        The cells of this cubical complex, in the form of a dictionary:
+        the keys are integers, representing dimension, and the value
+        associated to an integer d is the list of d-cells.
+
+        If the optional argument ``subcomplex`` is present, then
+        return only the faces which are *not* in the subcomplex.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``subcomplex`` -- a subcomplex of this cubical complex (default:
+          ``None``)
+
+        OUTPUT: dictionary; the cells of this complex not contained in
+        ``subcomplex``
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: S2 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(2)
+            sage: sorted(S2.cells()[2])
+            [[0,0] x [0,1] x [0,1],
+             [0,1] x [0,0] x [0,1],
+             [0,1] x [0,1] x [0,0],
+             [0,1] x [0,1] x [1,1],
+             [0,1] x [1,1] x [0,1],
+             [1,1] x [0,1] x [0,1]]
+        """
+        if subcomplex not in self._cells:
+            if subcomplex is not None and subcomplex.dimension() > -1:
+                if not subcomplex.is_subcomplex(self):
+                    raise ValueError("the 'subcomplex' is not actually a subcomplex")
+            # Cells is the dictionary of cells in self but not in
+            # subcomplex, indexed by dimension
+            Cells = {}
+            # sub_facets is the dictionary of facets in the subcomplex
+            sub_facets = {}
+            dimension = max([cube.dimension() for cube in self._facets])
+            # initialize the lists: add each maximal cube to Cells and sub_facets
+            for i in range(-1, dimension+1):
+                Cells[i] = set()
+                sub_facets[i] = set()
+            for f in self._facets:
+                Cells[f.dimension()].add(f)
+            if subcomplex is not None:
+                for g in subcomplex._facets:
+                    dim = g.dimension()
+                    Cells[dim].discard(g)
+                    sub_facets[dim].add(g)
+            # bad_faces is the set of faces in the subcomplex in the
+            # current dimension
+            bad_faces = sub_facets[dimension]
+            for dim in range(dimension, -1, -1):
+                # bad_bdries = boundaries of bad_faces: things to be
+                # discarded in dim-1
+                bad_bdries = sub_facets[dim-1]
+                for f in bad_faces:
+                    bad_bdries.update(f.faces())
+                for f in Cells[dim]:
+                    Cells[dim-1].update(set(f.faces()).difference(bad_bdries))
+                bad_faces = bad_bdries
+            self._cells[subcomplex] = Cells
+        return self._cells[subcomplex]
+
+    def n_cubes(self, n, subcomplex=None):
+        """
+        The set of cubes of dimension n of this cubical complex.
+        If the optional argument ``subcomplex`` is present, then
+        return the ``n``-dimensional cubes which are *not* in the
+        subcomplex.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``n`` -- integer; dimension
+        - ``subcomplex`` -- a subcomplex of this cubical complex (default:
+          ``None``)
+
+        OUTPUT: set; cells in dimension ``n``
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: C = cubical_complexes.Cube(3)
+            sage: C.n_cubes(3)
+            {[0,1] x [0,1] x [0,1]}
+            sage: sorted(C.n_cubes(2))
+            [[0,0] x [0,1] x [0,1],
+             [0,1] x [0,0] x [0,1],
+             [0,1] x [0,1] x [0,0],
+             [0,1] x [0,1] x [1,1],
+             [0,1] x [1,1] x [0,1],
+             [1,1] x [0,1] x [0,1]]
+        """
+        return set(self.n_cells(n, subcomplex))
+
+    def chain_complex(self, subcomplex=None, augmented=False,
+                      verbose=False, check=False, dimensions=None,
+                      base_ring=ZZ, cochain=False):
+        r"""
+        The chain complex associated to this cubical complex.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``dimensions`` -- if ``None``, compute the chain complex in all
+          dimensions.  If a list or tuple of integers, compute the
+          chain complex in those dimensions, setting the chain groups
+          in all other dimensions to zero.  NOT IMPLEMENTED YET: this
+          function always returns the entire chain complex
+        - ``base_ring`` -- commutative ring (default: ZZ)
+        - ``subcomplex`` -- a subcomplex of this cubical complex (default: empty).
+          Compute the chain complex relative to this subcomplex.
+        - ``augmented`` -- boolean (default: ``False``); if ``True``, return
+          the augmented chain complex (that is, include a class in dimension
+          `-1` corresponding to the empty cell).  This is ignored if
+          ``dimensions`` is specified.
+        - ``cochain`` -- boolean (default: ``False``); if ``True``, return the
+          cochain complex (that is, the dual of the chain complex).
+        - ``verbose`` -- boolean (default: ``False``); if ``True``, print some
+          messages as the chain complex is computed.
+        - ``check`` -- boolean (default: ``False``); if ``True``, make sure
+          that the chain complex is actually a chain complex: the differentials
+          are composable and their product is zero.
+
+        .. NOTE::
+
+           If subcomplex is nonempty, then the argument ``augmented``
+           has no effect: the chain complex relative to a nonempty
+           subcomplex is zero in dimension `-1`.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: # needs sage.modules
+            sage: S2 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(2)
+            sage: S2.chain_complex()
+            Chain complex with at most 3 nonzero terms over Integer Ring
+            sage: Prod = S2.product(S2); Prod
+            Cubical complex with 64 vertices and 676 cubes
+            sage: Prod.chain_complex()
+            Chain complex with at most 5 nonzero terms over Integer Ring
+            sage: Prod.chain_complex(base_ring=QQ)
+            Chain complex with at most 5 nonzero terms over Rational Field
+            sage: C1 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: S0 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(0)
+            sage: C1.chain_complex(subcomplex=S0)
+            Chain complex with at most 1 nonzero terms over Integer Ring
+            sage: C1.homology(subcomplex=S0)
+            {0: 0, 1: Z}
+
+        Check that :issue:`32203` has been fixed::
+
+            sage: # needs sage.modules
+            sage: Square = CubicalComplex([([0,1],[0,1])])
+            sage: EdgesLTR = CubicalComplex([([0,0],[0,1]),([0,1],[1,1]),([1,1],[0,1])])
+            sage: EdgesLBR = CubicalComplex([([0,0],[0,1]),([0,1],[0,0]),([1,1],[0,1])])
+            sage: Square.homology(subcomplex=EdgesLTR)[2] == Square.homology(subcomplex=EdgesLBR)[2]
+            True
+        """
+        from sage.homology.chain_complex import ChainComplex
+
+        # initialize subcomplex
+        if subcomplex is None:
+            subcomplex = CubicalComplex()
+        else:
+            # subcomplex is not empty, so don't augment the chain complex
+            augmented = False
+        differentials = {}
+        if augmented:
+            empty_cell = 1  # number of (-1)-dimensional cubes
+        else:
+            empty_cell = 0
+        vertices = self._n_cells_sorted(0, subcomplex=subcomplex)
+        n = len(vertices)
+        mat = matrix(base_ring, empty_cell, n, n*empty_cell*[1])
+        if cochain:
+            differentials[-1] = mat.transpose()
+        else:
+            differentials[0] = mat
+        current = vertices
+        # now loop from 1 to dimension of the complex
+        for dim in range(1, self.dimension()+1):
+            if verbose:
+                print("  starting dimension %s" % dim)
+            if (dim, subcomplex) in self._complex:
+                if cochain:
+                    differentials[dim-1] = self._complex[(dim, subcomplex)].transpose().change_ring(base_ring)
+                    mat = differentials[dim-1]
+                else:
+                    differentials[dim] = self._complex[(dim, subcomplex)].change_ring(base_ring)
+                    mat = differentials[dim]
+                if verbose:
+                    print("    boundary matrix (cached): it's {} by {}.".format(mat.nrows(), mat.ncols()))
+            else:
+                # 'current' is the list of cells in dimension n
+                #
+                # 'old' is a dictionary, with keys the cells in the
+                # previous dimension, values the integers 0, 1, 2,
+                # ... (the index of the face).  finding an entry in a
+                # dictionary seems to be faster than finding the index
+                # of an entry in a list.
+                old = dict(zip(current, range(len(current))))
+                current = self._n_cells_sorted(dim, subcomplex=subcomplex)
+                # construct matrix.  it is easiest to construct it as
+                # a sparse matrix, specifying which entries are
+                # nonzero via a dictionary.
+                matrix_data = {}
+                col = 0
+                if len(old) and len(current):
+                    for cube in current:
+                        faces = cube.faces_as_pairs()
+                        sign = 1
+                        for (upper, lower) in faces:
+                            # trac 32203: use two "try/except" loops
+                            # in case lower is in old but upper is not.
+                            try:
+                                matrix_data[(old[upper], col)] = sign
+                            except KeyError:
+                                pass
+                            try:
+                                matrix_data[(old[lower], col)] = -1*sign
+                            except KeyError:
+                                pass
+                            # The signs in the boundary alternate as
+                            # we iterate through the faces.
+                            sign *= -1
+                        col += 1
+                mat = matrix(ZZ, len(old), len(current), matrix_data)
+                self._complex[(dim, subcomplex)] = mat
+                if cochain:
+                    differentials[dim-1] = mat.transpose().change_ring(base_ring)
+                else:
+                    differentials[dim] = mat.change_ring(base_ring)
+                if verbose:
+                    print("    boundary matrix computed: it's {} by {}.".format(mat.nrows(), mat.ncols()))
+        # finally, return the chain complex
+        if cochain:
+            return ChainComplex(data=differentials, base_ring=base_ring,
+                                degree=1, check=check)
+        else:
+            return ChainComplex(data=differentials, base_ring=base_ring,
+                                degree=-1, check=check)
+
+    def alexander_whitney(self, cube, dim_left):
+        r"""
+        Subdivide ``cube`` in this cubical complex into pairs of cubes.
+
+        See :meth:`Cube.alexander_whitney` for more details. This
+        method just calls that one.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``cube`` -- a cube in this cubical complex
+        - ``dim`` -- integer between 0 and one more than the
+          dimension of this cube
+
+        OUTPUT: list containing triples ``(coeff, left, right)``
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: C = cubical_complexes.Cube(3)
+            sage: c = list(C.n_cubes(3))[0]; c
+            [0,1] x [0,1] x [0,1]
+            sage: C.alexander_whitney(c, 1)
+            [(1, [0,1] x [0,0] x [0,0], [1,1] x [0,1] x [0,1]),
+             (-1, [0,0] x [0,1] x [0,0], [0,1] x [1,1] x [0,1]),
+             (1, [0,0] x [0,0] x [0,1], [0,1] x [0,1] x [1,1])]
+        """
+        return cube.alexander_whitney(dim_left)
+
+    def n_skeleton(self, n):
+        r"""
+        The n-skeleton of this cubical complex.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``n`` -- nonnegative integer; dimension
+
+        OUTPUT: cubical complex
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: S2 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(2)
+            sage: C3 = cubical_complexes.Cube(3)
+            sage: S2 == C3.n_skeleton(2)
+            True
+        """
+        if n >= self.dimension():
+            return self
+        else:
+            data = []
+            for d in range(n+1):
+                data.extend(list(self.cells()[d]))
+            return CubicalComplex(data)
+
+    def graph(self):
+        """
+        The 1-skeleton of this cubical complex, as a graph.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: cubical_complexes.Sphere(2).graph()
+            Graph on 8 vertices
+        """
+        from sage.graphs.graph import Graph
+
+        data = {}
+        vertex_dict = {}
+        i = 0
+        for vertex in self.n_cells(0):
+            vertex_dict[vertex] = i
+            data[i] = []
+            i += 1
+        for edge in self.n_cells(1):
+            start = edge.face(0, False)
+            end = edge.face(0, True)
+            data[vertex_dict[start]].append(vertex_dict[end])
+        return Graph(data)
+
+    def is_pure(self):
+        """
+        Return ``True`` iff this cubical complex is pure: that is,
+        all of its maximal faces have the same dimension.
+
+        .. WARNING::
+
+           This may give the wrong answer if the cubical complex
+           was constructed with ``maximality_check`` set to False.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: S4 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(4)
+            sage: S4.is_pure()
+            True
+            sage: C = CubicalComplex([([0,0], [3,3]), ([1,2], [4,5])])
+            sage: C.is_pure()
+            False
+        """
+        dims = [face.dimension() for face in self._facets]
+        return max(dims) == min(dims)
+
+    def join(self, other):
+        r"""
+        The join of this cubical complex with another one.
+
+        NOT IMPLEMENTED.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- another cubical complex
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: C1 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: C1.join(C1)
+            Traceback (most recent call last):
+            ...
+            NotImplementedError: joins are not implemented for cubical complexes
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError("joins are not implemented for cubical complexes")
+
+    # Use * to mean 'join':
+    # __mul__ = join
+
+    def cone(self):
+        r"""
+        The cone on this cubical complex.
+
+        NOT IMPLEMENTED
+
+        The cone is the complex formed by taking the join of the
+        original complex with a one-point complex (that is, a
+        0-dimensional cube).  Since joins are not implemented for
+        cubical complexes, neither are cones.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: C1 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: C1.cone()
+            Traceback (most recent call last):
+            ...
+            NotImplementedError: cones are not implemented for cubical complexes
+        """
+        # return self.join(cubical_complexes.Cube(0))
+        raise NotImplementedError("cones are not implemented for cubical complexes")
+
+    def suspension(self, n=1):
+        r"""
+        The suspension of this cubical complex.
+
+        NOT IMPLEMENTED
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``n`` -- positive integer (default: 1); suspend this many times
+
+        The suspension is the complex formed by taking the join of the
+        original complex with a two-point complex (the 0-sphere).
+        Since joins are not implemented for cubical complexes, neither
+        are suspensions.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: C1 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: C1.suspension()
+            Traceback (most recent call last):
+            ...
+            NotImplementedError: suspensions are not implemented for cubical complexes
+        """
+        # if n < 0:
+        #     raise ValueError("n must be nonnegative")
+        # if n == 0:
+        #     return self
+        # if n == 1:
+        #     return self.join(cubical_complexes.Sphere(0))
+        # return self.suspension().suspension(int(n-1))
+        raise NotImplementedError("suspensions are not implemented for cubical complexes")
+
+    def product(self, other):
+        r"""
+        Return the product of this cubical complex with another one.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- another cubical complex
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: RP2 = cubical_complexes.RealProjectivePlane()
+            sage: S1 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(1)
+            sage: RP2.product(S1).homology()[1] # long time: 5 seconds
+            Z x C2
+        """
+        facets = [f.product(g) for f in self._facets for g in other._facets]
+        return CubicalComplex(facets)
+
+    def disjoint_union(self, other):
+        """
+        The disjoint union of this cubical complex with another one.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``right`` -- the other cubical complex (the right-hand factor)
+
+        Algorithm: first embed both complexes in d-dimensional
+        Euclidean space.  Then embed in (1+d)-dimensional space,
+        calling the new axis `x`, and putting the first complex at
+        `x=0`, the second at `x=1`.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: S1 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(1)
+            sage: S2 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(2)
+            sage: S1.disjoint_union(S2).homology()                                      # needs sage.modules
+            {0: Z, 1: Z, 2: Z}
+        """
+        embedded_left = len(tuple(self.maximal_cells()[0]))
+        embedded_right = len(tuple(other.maximal_cells()[0]))
+        zero = [0] * max(embedded_left, embedded_right)
+        C00 = Cube([[0, 0]])
+        facets = [C00.product(f._translate(zero))
+                  for f in self.maximal_cells()]
+        C11 = Cube([[1, 1]])
+        facets.extend(C11.product(f._translate(zero))
+                      for f in other.maximal_cells())
+        return CubicalComplex(facets)
+
+    def wedge(self, other):
+        """
+        The wedge (one-point union) of this cubical complex with
+        another one.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``right`` -- the other cubical complex (the right-hand factor)
+
+        Algorithm: if ``self`` is embedded in `d` dimensions and
+        ``other`` in `n` dimensions, embed them in `d+n` dimensions:
+        ``self`` using the first `d` coordinates, ``other`` using the
+        last `n`, translating them so that they have the origin as a
+        common vertex.
+
+        .. NOTE::
+
+            This operation is not well-defined if ``self`` or
+            ``other`` is not path-connected.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: S1 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(1)
+            sage: S2 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(2)
+            sage: S1.wedge(S2).homology()                                               # needs sage.modules
+            {0: 0, 1: Z, 2: Z}
+        """
+        embedded_left = len(tuple(self.maximal_cells()[0]))
+        embedded_right = len(tuple(other.maximal_cells()[0]))
+        translate_left = [-a[0] for a in self.maximal_cells()[0]] + [0] * embedded_right
+        translate_right = [-a[0] for a in other.maximal_cells()[0]]
+        point_right = Cube([[0, 0]] * embedded_left)
+
+        facets = [f._translate(translate_left) for f in self.maximal_cells()]
+        facets.extend(point_right.product(f._translate(translate_right))
+                      for f in other.maximal_cells())
+        return CubicalComplex(facets)
+
+    def connected_sum(self, other):
+        """
+        Return the connected sum of ``self`` with ``other``.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``other`` -- another cubical complex
+
+        OUTPUT: the connected sum ``self # other``
+
+        .. warning::
+
+           This does not check that ``self`` and ``other`` are manifolds, only
+           that their facets all have the same dimension.  Since a
+           (more or less) random facet is chosen from each complex and
+           then glued together, this method may return random
+           results if applied to non-manifolds, depending on which
+           facet is chosen.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: T = cubical_complexes.Torus()
+            sage: S2 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(2)
+            sage: T.connected_sum(S2).cohomology() == T.cohomology()                    # needs sage.modules
+            True
+            sage: RP2 = cubical_complexes.RealProjectivePlane()
+            sage: T.connected_sum(RP2).homology(1)                                      # needs sage.modules
+            Z x Z x C2
+            sage: RP2.connected_sum(RP2).connected_sum(RP2).homology(1)                 # needs sage.modules
+            Z x Z x C2
+        """
+        # connected_sum: first check whether the complexes are pure
+        # and of the same dimension.  Then insert degenerate intervals
+        # and translate them so that they have a common cube C.  Add one
+        # more dimension, embedding the first complex as (..., 0) and
+        # the second as (..., 1).  Keep all of the other facets, but remove
+        # C x 0 and C x 1, putting in its place (its boundary) x (0,1).
+        if not (self.is_pure() and other.is_pure() and
+                self.dimension() == other.dimension()):
+            raise ValueError("complexes are not pure of the same dimension")
+
+        self_facets = list(self.maximal_cells())
+        other_facets = list(other.maximal_cells())
+
+        C1 = self_facets.pop()
+        C2 = other_facets.pop()
+        (insert_self, insert_other, translate) = C1._compare_for_gluing(C2)
+
+        CL = list(C1.tuple())
+        for (idx, L) in insert_self:
+            CL[idx:idx] = L
+        removed = Cube(CL)
+
+        # start assembling the facets in the connected sum: first, the
+        # cylinder on the removed face.
+        new_facets = []
+        cylinder = removed.product(Cube([[0, 1]]))
+        # don't want to include the ends of the cylinder, so don't
+        # include the last pair of faces.  therefore, choose faces up
+        # to removed.dimension(), not cylinder.dimension().
+        for n in range(removed.dimension()):
+            new_facets.append(cylinder.face(n, upper=False))
+            new_facets.append(cylinder.face(n, upper=True))
+
+        for cube in self_facets:
+            CL = list(cube.tuple())
+            for (idx, L) in insert_self:
+                CL[idx:idx] = L
+            CL.append((0, 0))
+            new_facets.append(Cube(CL))
+        for cube in other_facets:
+            CL = list(cube.tuple())
+            for (idx, L) in insert_other:
+                CL[idx:idx] = L
+            CL.append((1, 1))
+            new_facets.append(Cube(CL)._translate(translate))
+        return CubicalComplex(new_facets)
+
+    def _translate(self, vec):
+        """
+        Translate ``self`` by ``vec``.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``vec`` -- anything which can be converted to a tuple of integers
+
+        OUTPUT: cubical complex; the translation of ``self`` by ``vec``
+
+        If ``vec`` is shorter than the list of intervals forming the
+        complex, pad with zeroes, and similarly if the complexes
+        defining tuples are too short.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: C1 = cubical_complexes.Cube(1)
+            sage: C1.maximal_cells()
+            {[0,1]}
+            sage: C1._translate([2,6]).maximal_cells()
+            {[2,3] x [6,6]}
+        """
+        return CubicalComplex([f._translate(vec) for f in self.maximal_cells()])
+
+    # This is cached for speed reasons: it can be very slow to run
+    # this function.
+    @cached_method
+    def algebraic_topological_model(self, base_ring=None):
+        r"""
+        Algebraic topological model for this cubical complex with
+        coefficients in ``base_ring``.
+
+        The term "algebraic topological model" is defined by Pilarczyk
+        and Réal [PR2015]_.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``base_ring`` -- coefficient ring (default: ``QQ``); must be a field
+
+        Denote by `C` the chain complex associated to this cubical
+        complex. The algebraic topological model is a chain complex
+        `M` with zero differential, with the same homology as `C`,
+        along with chain maps `\pi: C \to M` and `\iota: M \to C`
+        satisfying `\iota \pi = 1_M` and `\pi \iota` chain homotopic
+        to `1_C`. The chain homotopy `\phi` must satisfy
+
+        - `\phi \phi = 0`,
+        - `\pi \phi = 0`,
+        - `\phi \iota = 0`.
+
+        Such a chain homotopy is called a *chain contraction*.
+
+        OUTPUT: a pair consisting of
+
+        - chain contraction ``phi`` associated to `C`, `M`, `\pi`, and
+          `\iota`
+        - the chain complex `M`
+
+        Note that from the chain contraction ``phi``, one can recover the
+        chain maps `\pi` and `\iota` via ``phi.pi()`` and
+        ``phi.iota()``. Then one can recover `C` and `M` from, for
+        example, ``phi.pi().domain()`` and ``phi.pi().codomain()``,
+        respectively.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: # needs sage.modules
+            sage: RP2 = cubical_complexes.RealProjectivePlane()
+            sage: phi, M = RP2.algebraic_topological_model(GF(2))
+            sage: M.homology()
+            {0: Vector space of dimension 1 over Finite Field of size 2,
+             1: Vector space of dimension 1 over Finite Field of size 2,
+             2: Vector space of dimension 1 over Finite Field of size 2}
+            sage: T = cubical_complexes.Torus()
+            sage: phi, M = T.algebraic_topological_model(QQ)
+            sage: M.homology()
+            {0: Vector space of dimension 1 over Rational Field,
+             1: Vector space of dimension 2 over Rational Field,
+             2: Vector space of dimension 1 over Rational Field}
+        """
+        from sage.homology.algebraic_topological_model import algebraic_topological_model
+        if base_ring is None:
+            base_ring = QQ
+        return algebraic_topological_model(self, base_ring)
+
+    def _simplicial_(self):
+        r"""
+        Simplicial complex constructed from ``self``.
+
+        ALGORITHM:
+
+        This is constructed as described by Hetyei: choose a total
+        ordering of the vertices of the cubical complex.  Then for
+        each maximal face
+
+        .. MATH::
+
+           C = [i_1, j_1] \times [i_2, j_2] \times ... \times [i_k, j_k]
+
+        let `v_1` be the "upper" corner of `C`: `v` is the point
+        `(j_1, ..., j_k)`.  Choose a coordinate `n` where the interval
+        `[i_n, j_n]` is non-degenerate and form `v_2` by replacing
+        `j_n` by `i_n`; repeat to define `v_3`, etc.  The last vertex
+        so defined will be `(i_1, ..., i_k)`.  These vertices define a
+        simplex, and do the vertices obtained by making different
+        choices at each stage.  Thus each `n`-cube is subdivided into
+        `n!` simplices.
+
+        REFERENCES:
+
+        - G. Hetyei, "On the Stanley ring of a cubical complex",
+          Discrete Comput. Geom. 14 (1995), 305-330.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: T = cubical_complexes.Torus(); T
+            Cubical complex with 16 vertices and 64 cubes
+            sage: len(T.maximal_cells())
+            16
+
+        When this is triangulated, each maximal 2-dimensional cube
+        gets turned into a pair of triangles.  Since there were 16
+        maximal cubes, this results in 32 facets in the simplicial
+        complex::
+
+            sage: Ts = T._simplicial_(); Ts
+            Simplicial complex with 16 vertices and 32 facets
+            sage: T.homology() == Ts.homology()                                         # needs sage.modules
+            True
+
+        Each `n`-dimensional cube produces `n!` `n`-simplices::
+
+            sage: S4 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(4)
+            sage: len(S4.maximal_cells())
+            10
+            sage: SimplicialComplex(S4) # calls S4._simplicial_()
+            Simplicial complex with 32 vertices and 240 facets
+        """
+        from .simplicial_complex import SimplicialComplex
+        simplices = []
+        for C in self.maximal_cells():
+            simplices.extend(C._triangulation_())
+        return SimplicialComplex(simplices)
+
+    def _string_constants(self):
+        """
+        Tuple containing the name of the type of complex, and the
+        singular and plural of the name of the cells from which it is
+        built.  This is used in constructing the string representation.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: S3 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(3)
+            sage: S3._string_constants()
+            ('Cubical', 'cube', 'cubes')
+            sage: S3._repr_()  # indirect doctest
+            'Cubical complex with 16 vertices and 80 cubes'
+        """
+        return ('Cubical', 'cube', 'cubes')
+
+
+class CubicalComplexExamples:
+    r"""
+    Some examples of cubical complexes.
+
+    Here are the available examples; you can also type
+    "cubical_complexes."  and hit TAB to get a list::
+
+        Sphere
+        Torus
+        RealProjectivePlane
+        KleinBottle
+        SurfaceOfGenus
+        Cube
+
+    EXAMPLES::
+
+        sage: cubical_complexes.Torus()  # indirect doctest
+        Cubical complex with 16 vertices and 64 cubes
+        sage: cubical_complexes.Cube(7)
+        Cubical complex with 128 vertices and 2187 cubes
+        sage: cubical_complexes.Sphere(7)
+        Cubical complex with 256 vertices and 6560 cubes
+    """
+
+    def Sphere(self, n):
+        r"""
+        A cubical complex representation of the `n`-dimensional sphere,
+        formed by taking the boundary of an `(n+1)`-dimensional cube.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``n`` -- nonnegative integer; the dimension of the sphere
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: cubical_complexes.Sphere(7)
+            Cubical complex with 256 vertices and 6560 cubes
+        """
+        return CubicalComplex(Cube([[0, 1]]*(n+1)).faces())
+
+    def Torus(self):
+        r"""
+        A cubical complex representation of the torus, obtained by
+        taking the product of the circle with itself.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: cubical_complexes.Torus()
+            Cubical complex with 16 vertices and 64 cubes
+        """
+        S1 = cubical_complexes.Sphere(1)
+        return S1.product(S1)
+
+    def RealProjectivePlane(self):
+        r"""
+        A cubical complex representation of the real projective plane.
+        This is taken from the examples from CHomP, the Computational
+        Homology Project: http://chomp.rutgers.edu/.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: cubical_complexes.RealProjectivePlane()
+            Cubical complex with 21 vertices and 81 cubes
+        """
+        return CubicalComplex([
+            ([0, 1], [0], [0], [0, 1], [0]),
+            ([0, 1], [0], [0], [0], [0, 1]),
+            ([0], [0, 1], [0, 1], [0], [0]),
+            ([0], [0, 1], [0], [0, 1], [0]),
+            ([0], [0], [0, 1], [0], [0, 1]),
+            ([0, 1], [0, 1], [1], [0], [0]),
+            ([0, 1], [1], [0, 1], [0], [0]),
+            ([1], [0, 1], [0, 1], [0], [0]),
+            ([0, 1], [0, 1], [0], [0], [1]),
+            ([0, 1], [1], [0], [0], [0, 1]),
+            ([1], [0, 1], [0], [0], [0, 1]),
+            ([0, 1], [0], [0, 1], [1], [0]),
+            ([0, 1], [0], [1], [0, 1], [0]),
+            ([1], [0], [0, 1], [0, 1], [0]),
+            ([0], [0, 1], [0], [0, 1], [1]),
+            ([0], [0, 1], [0], [1], [0, 1]),
+            ([0], [1], [0], [0, 1], [0, 1]),
+            ([0], [0], [0, 1], [0, 1], [1]),
+            ([0], [0], [0, 1], [1], [0, 1]),
+            ([0], [0], [1], [0, 1], [0, 1])])
+
+    def KleinBottle(self):
+        r"""
+        A cubical complex representation of the Klein bottle, formed
+        by taking the connected sum of the real projective plane with
+        itself.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: cubical_complexes.KleinBottle()
+            Cubical complex with 42 vertices and 168 cubes
+        """
+        RP2 = cubical_complexes.RealProjectivePlane()
+        return RP2.connected_sum(RP2)
+
+    def SurfaceOfGenus(self, g, orientable=True):
+        """
+        A surface of genus `g` as a cubical complex.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``g`` -- nonnegative integer; the genus
+        - ``orientable`` -- boolean (default: ``True``); whether the surface
+          should be orientable
+
+        In the orientable case, return a sphere if `g` is zero, and
+        otherwise return a `g`-fold connected sum of a torus with
+        itself.
+
+        In the non-orientable case, raise an error if `g` is zero.  If
+        `g` is positive, return a `g`-fold connected sum of a
+        real projective plane with itself.
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: cubical_complexes.SurfaceOfGenus(2)
+            Cubical complex with 32 vertices and 134 cubes
+            sage: cubical_complexes.SurfaceOfGenus(1, orientable=False)
+            Cubical complex with 21 vertices and 81 cubes
+        """
+        try:
+            g = Integer(g)
+        except TypeError:
+            raise ValueError("genus must be a nonnegative integer")
+        if g < 0:
+            raise ValueError("genus must be a nonnegative integer")
+        if g == 0:
+            if not orientable:
+                raise ValueError("no non-orientable surface of genus zero")
+            else:
+                return cubical_complexes.Sphere(2)
+        if orientable:
+            T = cubical_complexes.Torus()
+        else:
+            T = cubical_complexes.RealProjectivePlane()
+        S = T
+        for i in range(g-1):
+            S = S.connected_sum(T)
+        return S
+
+    def Cube(self, n):
+        r"""
+        A cubical complex representation of an `n`-dimensional cube.
+
+        INPUT:
+
+        - ``n`` -- nonnegative integer; the dimension
+
+        EXAMPLES::
+
+            sage: cubical_complexes.Cube(0)
+            Cubical complex with 1 vertex and 1 cube
+            sage: cubical_complexes.Cube(3)
+            Cubical complex with 8 vertices and 27 cubes
+        """
+        if n == 0:
+            return CubicalComplex([Cube([[0]])])
+        else:
+            return CubicalComplex([Cube([[0, 1]] * n)])
+
+
+cubical_complexes = CubicalComplexExamples()