Linear ranks and literal directed rotation intervals #
Cutting a finite vertex cycle at any one of its darts gives first-hit ranks. These ranks retain the direction of the supplied rotation, without a geometric realization or any restriction on the graph's loops or components.
First-hit ranks fit in one complete vertex cycle, including singleton cycles.
The rank of a forward iterate is its exponent reduced modulo the vertex period.
Forward rotation adds to a rank modulo the same vertex period.
The actual directed rotation interval is the cyclic order of first-hit ranks at any chosen cut. All three darts must be distinct and belong to that vertex cycle.
A zero-based linear rank of an incident dart, cutting each literal vertex cycle at one classically chosen dart. Different indexed ends, including loop ends, remain distinct.
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The chosen linear ranks retain the supplied clockwise cyclic interval.
A vertex cycle first reaches its starting dart at exponent zero.
A different dart in the same source cycle has positive first-hit rank.
A forward source step adds one to the first-hit rank until it returns to the specified cycle cut.
The predecessor of a source cycle cut has its last rank, including unary cycles.
The source vertex cycle after omitting its specified dart, in the original forward
order. A unary vertex cycle gives Fin 0, without inventing a corner dart.
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The actual tail enumeration follows the original successor powers, rather than reusing contracted distances that have changed when the selected darts were removed.
A strict interval based at its rank origin compares the two terminal ranks.
Strict literal rotation intervals are cyclic in three distinct incident darts.