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+## Scripts to filter out unique minimal triangulaitons
+
+These scripts dig through directories to find triangulations, take the
+minimal ones, remove duplicates, and then export them, sorted by PL-type. 
+
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- Polymake
+- PostgreSQL
+
+### How to use:
+
+Create the database tables
+
+```
+CREATE TABLE triangulations (signature varchar, f_vector varchar, vertices integer, path varchar);
+CREATE TABLE minimal_triangulations (signature varchar, f_vector varchar, vertices integer, path varchar);
+```
+
+Populate the triangulations table
+
+```
+find ~ -name *.poly -not -path "*comb_iso_classes*" -not -path "*flat*" | parallel --progress ./triangulation_bookkeeping.pl {}
+```
+
+Populate the minimal triangulations (by vertices) table by finding the
+minimum triangulation for each signature
+
+```
+INSERT INTO minimal_triangulations SELECT DISTINCT ON (signature) * FROM triangulations ORDER BY signature, vertices 
+```
+
+Remove combinatorially isomorphic triangulations by running `triangulation_bookkeeping_minimal.pl`, and output sorted by type using `triangulation_bookkeeping_output.pl`
diff --git a/scripts/triangulation_bookkeeping.pl b/scripts/triangulation_bookkeeping.pl
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+#!/usr/local/bin/polymake --script
+
+# Initialize table with triangulations
+
+use application "topaz";
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use DBI;
+
+my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=researchdata_test", '', '', {AutoCommit => 0});
+my $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO triangulations VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?);");
+
+my $path = shift;
+
+$path =~ m,([^/]+)\.poly$,;
+
+my $regdesc = $1;
+
+my $q=load_data("$path");
+
+my $vert = @{$q->F_VECTOR}[0];
+
+
+$sth->execute($regdesc, "@{$q->F_VECTOR}", $vert, $path);
+$dbh->commit;
+
+
+# after this run INSERT INTO minimal_triangulations SELECT DISTINCT ON (signature) * FROM triangulations ORDER BY signature, vertices ; to get a table of minimal triangulations of each complex
diff --git a/scripts/triangulation_bookkeeping_minimal.pl b/scripts/triangulation_bookkeeping_minimal.pl
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+#!/usr/local/bin/polymake --script
+
+### removes duplicate (combinatorially isomorphic) triangulations
+
+use application "topaz";
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use DBI;
+
+my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=researchdata_test", '', '', {AutoCommit => 0});
+my $vst = $dbh->prepare("SELECT DISTINCT(vertices) FROM minimal_triangulations");
+my $pst = $dbh->prepare("SELECT path FROM minimal_triangulations WHERE vertices = (?)");
+my $pathdel = $dbh->prepare("DELETE FROM minimal_triangulations WHERE path = (?)");
+
+
+
+$vst->execute();
+
+while (my @data = $vst->fetchrow_array) {
+	my $vert = shift @data;
+	print("$vert\n");
+	my %complexes = ();
+	$pst->execute($vert);
+	while (my @data = $pst->fetchrow_array ) {
+		my $path = shift @data;
+		$complexes{$path} = load_data("$path");
+	}
+	my @ck = keys %complexes;
+
+	foreach (keys %complexes) {
+		my $c = shift @ck;
+		foreach (@ck) {
+			if (defined $complexes{$_} and defined $complexes{$c} and isomorphic($complexes{$c}, $complexes{$_})) {
+				print "$c $_ \n";
+				$pathdel->execute($_);
+				delete($complexes{$_});
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
+$dbh->commit;
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/triangulation_bookkeeping_output.pl b/scripts/triangulation_bookkeeping_output.pl
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+#!/usr/local/bin/polymake --script
+
+### Outputs minimal triangulations into sorted directories
+
+use application "topaz";
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use DBI;
+use File::Copy;
+
+my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:Pg:dbname=researchdata_test", '', '', {AutoCommit => 0});
+my $types = $dbh->prepare("SELECT DISTINCT(type) FROM complexes;"); ## select the types
+
+
+
+my $paths = $dbh->prepare("SELECT signature,vertices,path FROM minimal_triangulations WHERE signature IN (SELECT signature FROM complexes WHERE type = (?));");
+
+
+my $outdir = "minimal_triangulations";
+if (! -d $outdir ) {
+	mkdir $outdir
+}
+
+$types->execute;
+while (my @data = $types->fetchrow_array) {
+	my $type = shift @data;
+	if (not $type eq "") {
+		print "$type\n";
+		$paths->execute($type);
+		if (! -d "$outdir/$type" ) {
+			mkdir "$outdir/$type";
+		}
+		while (my @p = $paths->fetchrow_array) {
+			my $sig = shift @p;
+			my $vert = shift @p;
+			if (! -d "$outdir/$type/$vert" ) {
+				mkdir "$outdir/$type/$vert";
+			}
+			my $path = shift @p;
+			copy($path,"$outdir/$type/$vert/$sig.poly");
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
+$dbh->commit;
+