### 4.22.1 coneViaPoints

`Syntax:`
  `coneViaPoints(` intmat HL `)`
  `coneViaPoints(` intmat HL, intmat L `)`
  `coneViaPoints(` intmat HL, intmat L, int flags `)`
`Type:`
  cone
`Purpose:`
  cone generated by half lines generated by the row vectors of HL and (if stated) by lines generated by the row vectors of L; flags may range between 0,..,3 defining an upper and lower bit (0=0*2+0, 1=0*2+1, 2=1*2+0, 3=1*2+1), if upper bit is 1, then program assumes that each row vector in HL generates a ray of the cone, if lower bit is 1, then program assumes that the span of the row vectors of L is the lineality space of the cone, if either bit is 0, then program computes the information itself.
`Example:`

      LIB"gfanlib.so";
      // Let's define a cone in R^3 generated by the following half lines:
      intmat HL[5][3]=
       1,0, 0,
      -1,0, 0,
       0,1, 1,
       0,1,-1,
       0,0, 1;
      cone c=coneViaPoints(HL);
      c;
      ==> AMBIENT_DIM
      ==> 3
      ==> FACETS
      ==> 0,1,0,
      ==> 0,1,1
      ==> LINEAR_SPAN
      ==>
      ==>
      kill HL,c;
      // Note that (1,0,0) and (-1,0,0) form a line, hence also possible:
      intmat HL[3][3]=
      0,1, 1,
      0,1,-1,
      0,0, 1;
      intmat L[1][3]=
      1,0,0;
      cone c=coneViaPoints(HL,L);
      c;
      ==> AMBIENT_DIM
      ==> 3
      ==> FACETS
      ==> 0,1,0,
      ==> 0,1,1
      ==> LINEAR_SPAN
      ==>
      ==>
      kill HL,L,c;
      // lineality space is exactly Lin(1,0,0)
      intmat HL[3][3]=
      0,1, 1,
      0,1,-1,
      0,0, 1;
      intmat L[1][3]=
      1,0,0;
      cone c=coneViaPoints(HL,L,1);
      c;
      ==> AMBIENT_DIM
      ==> 3
      ==> FACETS
      ==> 0,1,0,
      ==> 0,1,1
      ==> LINEAR_SPAN
      ==>
      ==>
      kill HL,L,c;
      // and that (0,1,-1), (0,1,1) generate rays
      intmat HL[3][3]=
      0,1, 1,
      0,1,-1;
      intmat L[1][3]=
      1,0,0;
      cone c=coneViaPoints(HL,L,3);
      c;
      ==> AMBIENT_DIM
      ==> 3
      ==> FACETS
      ==> 0,1,-1,
      ==> 0,1, 1
      ==> LINEAR_SPAN
      ==>
      ==>

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