A,2 1,B -2 0 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 -1 L,1 3,M ---------------------------- In the left rectangle, from top, eliminate y_3,x_3,y_2,x_2 to get 1 0 0 -1 In the right rectangle, from bottom, eliminate x_0,x_1,y_0,y_1 to get -2 0 0 2 ----------------------------- Suppose we reconstruct from the bottom: start from the codim 2 complete intersection in x_0,y_0,x_1,y_1,A,B,L,M add x_2 via the pentagram (x_1,x_0,y_0,y_1,x_2) add y_2 via the pentagram (x_2,x_1,y_0,y_1,y_2), eliminate x_0 add x_3 via the pentagram (x_2,y_0,y_1,y_2,x_3), eliminate x_1 add y_3 via the pentagram (x_3,x_2,y_1,y_2,y_3), eliminate y_0 On the other hand, suppose we reconstruct from the top: start from the codim 2 complete intersection in x_3,y_3,x_2,y_2,A,B,L,M add y_1 via the pentagram (y_2,y_3,x_3,x_2,y_1) add y_0 via the pentagram (y_1,y_2,x_3,x_2,y_0), eliminate y_3 add x_1 via the pentagram (y_0,y_1,y_2,x_2,x_1), eliminate x_3 add x_0 via the pentagram (y_0,y_1,x_2,x_1,x_0), eliminate y_2