Classes.hs

-- | Type classes for some common properties shared by different objects

{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses, FunctionalDependencies #-}
module Math.Combinat.Classes where

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-- | Emptyness
class CanBeEmpty a where
  isEmpty :: a -> Bool
  empty   :: a

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-- * Partitions

-- | Number of parts
class HasNumberOfParts a where
  numberOfParts :: a -> Int

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class HasWidth a where
  width :: a -> Int

class HasHeight a where
  height :: a -> Int

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-- | Weight (of partitions, tableaux, etc)
class HasWeight a where
  weight :: a -> Int

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-- | Duality (of partitions, tableaux, etc)
class HasDuality a where
  dual :: a -> a

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-- * Tableau

-- | Shape (of tableaux, skew tableaux)
class HasShape a s | a -> s where
  shape :: a -> s

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-- * Trees

-- | Number of nodes (of trees)
class HasNumberOfNodes t where
  numberOfNodes :: t -> Int

-- | Number of leaves (of trees)
class HasNumberOfLeaves t where
  numberOfLeaves :: t -> Int

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-- * Permutations

-- | Number of cycles (of partitions)
class HasNumberOfCycles p where
  numberOfCycles :: p -> Int

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