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diff --git a/src/cython/doc/cubical_complex_user.rst b/src/cython/doc/cubical_complex_user.rst index 320bd79b..19120360 100644 --- a/src/cython/doc/cubical_complex_user.rst +++ b/src/cython/doc/cubical_complex_user.rst @@ -83,9 +83,15 @@ Input Format. In the current implantation, filtration is given at the maximal cubes, and it is then extended by the lower star filtration to all cubes. There are a number of constructors that can be used to construct cubical complex by users who want to use the code directly. They can be found in the :doc:`cubical_complex_ref`. -Currently one input from a text file is used. It uses a format used already in +Currently one input from a text file is used. It uses a format inspired from the Perseus software `Perseus software <http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~vnanda/perseus/>`_ by Vidit Nanda. -The file format is described here: :doc:`Perseus <fileformats>`. + +.. note:: + While Perseus assume the filtration of all maximal cubes to be non-negative, over here we do not enforce this and + we allow any filtration values. As a consequence one cannot use ``-1``'s to indicate missing cubes. If you have + missing cubes in your complex, please set their filtration to :math:`+\infty` (aka. ``inf`` in the file). + +The file format is described in details in :ref:`Perseus file format` file format section. .. testcode:: |