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On/off representations are cool, but also a bit harder to work with. One can end up having disjoint groups that don't really make sense, so lots of permutations
by matsemann 6y ago
On/off representations are cool, but also a bit harder to work with. One can end up having disjoint groups that don't really make sense, so lots of permutations has to be thrown out. So finding the correct representation can actually be very hard.
- neutronicus 6y agoThe problem you're describing is kind of dual to the problem with parametrized representations. It's easy to construct parametrized boundary representations (as OP used) that maintain topological invariants, but it's very difficult to use them to explore the space of possible topologies (which would be relevant if OP wanted to say, design a lighter wheel).