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-===== Release 2.9.8 - March 17, 2010 ===== 
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-The final alpha release. 
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-Besides more bug fixes, this version contains the following new features: 
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-=== application "topaz" === 
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-Finally ''polymake'' can deal with finite simplicial complexes again.  To this end there is a new object type ''SimplicialComplex''. 
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-=== application "polytope" === 
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-  * New visualisation method for [[devel:tutorial:regular_subdivisions|polytopal subdivisions]].  
-  * Project-and-lift approach to enumerate lattice points 
-  * improved methods for conversion to ambient/vertex lattice 
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-=== application "matroid" === 
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-Constructions like deletion, contraction or dual can now be computed. 
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-=== Polynomials and Rings === 
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-New classes Polynomial and Ring allow basic computations with polynomials. See our brief [[devel:tutorial:polynomials_tutorial|tutorial]]. 
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-=== documentation and interactive help === 
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-The automatic extraction of the documentation from the code is now working again and significantly improved. 
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-  * new installation level command 'make docs' to build local copy of documentation including local extensions 
-  * vastly improved TAB completion 
-  * new feature: F1 key for context sensitive help 
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-Additionally the documentation of all applications released is available [[http://www.opt.tu-darmstadt.de/polymake_doku/|online]].