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diff --git a/Tangential_complex/include/CGAL/Tangential_complex.h b/Tangential_complex/include/CGAL/Tangential_complex.h
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+// Copyright (c) 2014  INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France)
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// This file is part of CGAL (www.cgal.org).
+// You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
+// General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+// either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Licensees holding a valid commercial license may use this file in
+// accordance with the commercial license agreement provided with the software.
+//
+// This file is provided AS IS with NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE
+// WARRANTY OF DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+//
+// $URL: $
+// $Id: $
+//
+//
+// Author(s)     : Clement Jamin
+
+
+#ifndef TANGENTIAL_COMPLEX_H
+#define TANGENTIAL_COMPLEX_H
+
+#include <CGAL/basic.h>
+
+#include <CGAL/Epick_d.h>
+#include <CGAL/Regular_triangulation_euclidean_traits.h>
+#include <CGAL/Regular_triangulation.h>
+
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace CGAL {
+  
+/// The class Tangential_complex represents a tangential complex
+template <
+  typename Kernel, 
+  int Intrinsic_dimension, 
+  typename Tr = Regular_triangulation<Regular_triangulation_euclidean_traits<
+                  CGAL::Epick_d<Dimension_tag<Intrinsic_dimension> > > >
+>
+class Tangential_complex
+{
+  typedef typename Kernel::Point_d              Point;
+  typedef typename Kernel::Vector_d             Vector;
+  typedef typename std::vector<Vector>          Tangent_space_base;
+
+public:
+  /// Constructor
+  Tangential_complex() {}
+
+  /// Destructor
+  ~Tangential_complex() {}
+
+private:
+  std::vector<Point>              m_points;
+  std::vector<Tangent_space_base> m_tangent_spaces;
+  std::vector<Tr>                 m_triangulations;
+
+}; // /class Tangential_complex
+
+}  // end namespace CGAL
+
+#endif // TANGENTIAL_COMPLEX_H
diff --git a/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/copyright b/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/copyright
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+INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France)
+
diff --git a/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/copyright.txt b/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/copyright.txt
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diff --git a/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/description.txt b/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/description.txt
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+Tangential complex
+
+This CGAL component provides an implementation of the tangential complex.
diff --git a/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/license.txt b/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/license.txt
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+++ b/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/license.txt
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+GPL (v3 or later)
diff --git a/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/maintainer b/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/maintainer
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+++ b/Tangential_complex/package_info/Tangential_complex/maintainer
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+Clément Jamin <clement.jamin.pro@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Tangential_complex/test/Tangential_complex/CMakeLists.txt b/Tangential_complex/test/Tangential_complex/CMakeLists.txt
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+# Created by the script cgal_create_cmake_script
+# This is the CMake script for compiling a CGAL application.
+
+
+project( Tangential_complex_test )
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.2)
+if("${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER 2.6)
+  if("${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_PATCH_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER 2.8.3)
+    cmake_policy(VERSION 2.8.4)
+  else()
+    cmake_policy(VERSION 2.6)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+find_package(CGAL QUIET COMPONENTS Core )
+
+if ( CGAL_FOUND )
+  include( ${CGAL_USE_FILE} )
+  include( CGAL_CreateSingleSourceCGALProgram )
+
+  find_package(Eigen3 3.1.0) 
+  if (EIGEN3_FOUND) 
+    include( ${EIGEN3_USE_FILE} ) 
+    include_directories (BEFORE "../../include")
+    include_directories (BEFORE "include")
+    
+    create_single_source_cgal_program( "test_tangential_complex.cpp" )
+
+  else()
+    message(STATUS "NOTICE: Some of the executables in this directory need Eigen 3.1 (or greater) and will not be compiled.")
+  endif()
+
+else()
+    message(STATUS "This program requires the CGAL library, and will not be compiled.")
+endif()
+
diff --git a/Tangential_complex/test/Tangential_complex/test_tangential_complex.cpp b/Tangential_complex/test/Tangential_complex/test_tangential_complex.cpp
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+#include <CGAL/Epick_d.h>
+#include <CGAL/Tangential_complex.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+  typedef CGAL::Epick_d<CGAL::Dimension_tag<3> > Kernel;
+  const int INTRINSIC_DIMENSION = 2;
+
+  CGAL::Tangential_complex<Kernel, INTRINSIC_DIMENSION> tc;
+
+  return 0;
+}
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