- def __init__(self, elt):
- superalgebra = elt.parent()
-
- # First compute the vector subspace spanned by the powers of
- # the given element.
- V = superalgebra.vector_space()
- superalgebra_basis = [superalgebra.one()]
- basis_vectors = [superalgebra.one().to_vector()]
- W = V.span_of_basis(basis_vectors)
- for exponent in range(1, V.dimension()):
- new_power = elt**exponent
- basis_vectors.append( new_power.to_vector() )
- try:
- W = V.span_of_basis(basis_vectors)
- superalgebra_basis.append( new_power )
- except ValueError:
- # Vectors weren't independent; bail and keep the
- # last subspace that worked.
- break
-
- # Make the basis hashable for UniqueRepresentation.
- superalgebra_basis = tuple(superalgebra_basis)
-
- # Now figure out the entries of the right-multiplication
- # matrix for the successive basis elements b0, b1,... of
- # that subspace.
- field = superalgebra.base_ring()
- n = len(superalgebra_basis)
- mult_table = [[W.zero() for i in range(n)] for j in range(n)]
- for i in range(n):
- for j in range(n):
- product = superalgebra_basis[i]*superalgebra_basis[j]
- mult_table[i][j] = W.coordinate_vector(product.to_vector())
-
- # TODO: We'll have to redo this and make it unique again...
- prefix = 'f'
-
- # The rank is the highest possible degree of a minimal
- # polynomial, and is bounded above by the dimension. We know
- # in this case that there's an element whose minimal
- # polynomial has the same degree as the space's dimension
- # (remember how we constructed the space?), so that must be
- # its rank too.
- rank = W.dimension()
-
- category = superalgebra.category().Associative()
- natural_basis = tuple( b.natural_representation()
- for b in superalgebra_basis )