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In the proposed framework, we construct a chain complex whose top homology is isomorphic to the\n                    <inline-formula content-type=\"math\/mathml\">\n                      <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" alttext=\"upper G Superscript r\">\n                        <mml:semantics>\n                          <mml:msup>\n                            <mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi>\n                            <mml:mrow class=\"MJX-TeXAtom-ORD\">\n                              <mml:mi>r<\/mml:mi>\n                            <\/mml:mrow>\n                          <\/mml:msup>\n                          <mml:annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">G^{r}<\/mml:annotation>\n                        <\/mml:semantics>\n                      <\/mml:math>\n                    <\/inline-formula>\n                    -spline space. This complex generalizes Billera-Schenck-Stillman homological complex used to study parametric splines. Additionally, we show how previous constructions of\n                    <inline-formula content-type=\"math\/mathml\">\n                      <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" alttext=\"upper G Superscript r\">\n                        <mml:semantics>\n                          <mml:msup>\n                            <mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi>\n                            <mml:mi>r<\/mml:mi>\n                          <\/mml:msup>\n                          <mml:annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">G^r<\/mml:annotation>\n                        <\/mml:semantics>\n                      <\/mml:math>\n                    <\/inline-formula>\n                    -splines fit into this new algebraic framework, and present an algorithm to construct a basis for\n                    <inline-formula content-type=\"math\/mathml\">\n                      <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" alttext=\"upper G Superscript r\">\n                        <mml:semantics>\n                          <mml:msup>\n                            <mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi>\n                            <mml:mi>r<\/mml:mi>\n                          <\/mml:msup>\n                          <mml:annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">G^r<\/mml:annotation>\n                        <\/mml:semantics>\n                      <\/mml:math>\n                    <\/inline-formula>\n                    -spline spaces. We illustrate how our algebraic approach works with concrete examples and prove a dimension formula for the\n                    <inline-formula content-type=\"math\/mathml\">\n                      <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" alttext=\"upper G Superscript r\">\n                        <mml:semantics>\n                          <mml:msup>\n                            <mml:mi>G<\/mml:mi>\n                            <mml:mi>r<\/mml:mi>\n                          <\/mml:msup>\n                          <mml:annotation encoding=\"application\/x-tex\">G^r<\/mml:annotation>\n                        <\/mml:semantics>\n                      <\/mml:math>\n                    <\/inline-formula>\n                    -spline space in terms of invariants to the chain complex. 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