Definition 9 (ij-compression). Fix 1≤i<j≤n. The ij-compression Cij is defined as follows:

For A∈X(r), set

Cij(A)={A∪i−jif j∈A, i∉AAotherwise,

and for A⊂X(r), set

Cij(A)={Cij(A):A∈A}∪{A∈A:Cij(A)∈A}.