+ An element is invertible if and only if its determinant is
+ non-zero::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: x = random_eja().random_element()
+ sage: x.is_invertible() == (x.det() != 0)
+ True
+
+ """
+ P = self.parent()
+ r = P.rank()
+ p = P._charpoly_coeff(0)
+ # The _charpoly_coeff function already adds the factor of
+ # -1 to ensure that _charpoly_coeff(0) is really what
+ # appears in front of t^{0} in the charpoly. However,
+ # we want (-1)^r times THAT for the determinant.
+ return ((-1)**r)*p(*self.vector())
+
+
+ def inverse(self):
+ """
+ Return the Jordan-multiplicative inverse of this element.
+
+ ALGORITHM:
+
+ We appeal to the quadratic representation as in Koecher's
+ Theorem 12 in Chapter III, Section 5.
+
+ EXAMPLES:
+
+ The inverse in the spin factor algebra is given in Alizadeh's
+ Example 11.11::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,10)
+ sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(n)
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: while x.is_zero():
+ ....: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: x_vec = x.vector()
+ sage: x0 = x_vec[0]
+ sage: x_bar = x_vec[1:]
+ sage: coeff = 1/(x0^2 - x_bar.inner_product(x_bar))
+ sage: inv_vec = x_vec.parent()([x0] + (-x_bar).list())
+ sage: x_inverse = coeff*inv_vec
+ sage: x.inverse() == J(x_inverse)
+ True
+
+ TESTS:
+
+ The identity element is its own inverse::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: J.one().inverse() == J.one()
+ True
+
+ If an element has an inverse, it acts like one::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: (not x.is_invertible()) or (x.inverse()*x == J.one())
+ True
+
+ The inverse of the inverse is what we started with::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: (not x.is_invertible()) or (x.inverse().inverse() == x)
+ True
+
+ The zero element is never invertible::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja().zero().inverse()
+ Traceback (most recent call last):
+ ...
+ ValueError: element is not invertible
+
+ """
+ if not self.is_invertible():
+ raise ValueError("element is not invertible")
+
+ P = self.parent()
+ return P(self.quadratic_representation().inverse()*self.vector())
+
+
+ def is_invertible(self):
+ """
+ Return whether or not this element is invertible.
+
+ We can't use the superclass method because it relies on
+ the algebra being associative.
+
+ ALGORITHM:
+
+ The usual way to do this is to check if the determinant is
+ zero, but we need the characteristic polynomial for the
+ determinant. The minimal polynomial is a lot easier to get,
+ so we use Corollary 2 in Chapter V of Koecher to check
+ whether or not the paren't algebra's zero element is a root
+ of this element's minimal polynomial.
+
+ TESTS:
+
+ The identity element is always invertible::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: J.one().is_invertible()
+ True
+
+ The zero element is never invertible::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: J.zero().is_invertible()
+ False
+
+ """
+ zero = self.parent().zero()
+ p = self.minimal_polynomial()
+ return not (p(zero) == zero)
+
+
+ def is_nilpotent(self):
+ """
+ Return whether or not some power of this element is zero.
+
+ The superclass method won't work unless we're in an
+ associative algebra, and we aren't. However, we generate
+ an assocoative subalgebra and we're nilpotent there if and
+ only if we're nilpotent here (probably).
+
+ TESTS:
+
+ The identity element is never nilpotent::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: random_eja().one().is_nilpotent()
+ False
+
+ The additive identity is always nilpotent::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: random_eja().zero().is_nilpotent()
+ True
+
+ """
+ # The element we're going to call "is_nilpotent()" on.
+ # Either myself, interpreted as an element of a finite-
+ # dimensional algebra, or an element of an associative
+ # subalgebra.
+ elt = None
+
+ if self.parent().is_associative():
+ elt = FiniteDimensionalAlgebraElement(self.parent(), self)
+ else:
+ V = self.span_of_powers()
+ assoc_subalg = self.subalgebra_generated_by()
+ # Mis-design warning: the basis used for span_of_powers()
+ # and subalgebra_generated_by() must be the same, and in
+ # the same order!
+ elt = assoc_subalg(V.coordinates(self.vector()))
+
+ # Recursive call, but should work since elt lives in an
+ # associative algebra.
+ return elt.is_nilpotent()
+
+
+ def is_regular(self):
+ """
+ Return whether or not this is a regular element.
+
+ EXAMPLES:
+
+ The identity element always has degree one, but any element
+ linearly-independent from it is regular::
+
+ sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(5)
+ sage: J.one().is_regular()
+ False
+ sage: e0, e1, e2, e3, e4 = J.gens() # e0 is the identity
+ sage: for x in J.gens():
+ ....: (J.one() + x).is_regular()
+ False
+ True
+ True
+ True
+ True
+
+ """
+ return self.degree() == self.parent().rank()
+
+
+ def degree(self):
+ """
+ Compute the degree of this element the straightforward way
+ according to the definition; by appending powers to a list
+ and figuring out its dimension (that is, whether or not
+ they're linearly dependent).
+
+ EXAMPLES::
+
+ sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(4)
+ sage: J.one().degree()
+ 1
+ sage: e0,e1,e2,e3 = J.gens()
+ sage: (e0 - e1).degree()
+ 2
+
+ In the spin factor algebra (of rank two), all elements that
+ aren't multiples of the identity are regular::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,10)
+ sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(n)
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: x == x.coefficient(0)*J.one() or x.degree() == 2
+ True
+
+ """
+ return self.span_of_powers().dimension()
+
+
+ def left_matrix(self):
+ """
+ Our parent class defines ``left_matrix`` and ``matrix``
+ methods whose names are misleading. We don't want them.
+ """
+ raise NotImplementedError("use operator_matrix() instead")
+
+ matrix = left_matrix
+
+
+ def minimal_polynomial(self):
+ """
+ Return the minimal polynomial of this element,
+ as a function of the variable `t`.
+
+ ALGORITHM:
+
+ We restrict ourselves to the associative subalgebra
+ generated by this element, and then return the minimal
+ polynomial of this element's operator matrix (in that
+ subalgebra). This works by Baes Proposition 2.3.16.
+
+ TESTS:
+
+ The minimal polynomial of the identity and zero elements are
+ always the same::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: J.one().minimal_polynomial()
+ t - 1
+ sage: J.zero().minimal_polynomial()
+ t
+
+ The degree of an element is (by one definition) the degree
+ of its minimal polynomial::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: x = random_eja().random_element()
+ sage: x.degree() == x.minimal_polynomial().degree()
+ True
+
+ The minimal polynomial and the characteristic polynomial coincide
+ and are known (see Alizadeh, Example 11.11) for all elements of
+ the spin factor algebra that aren't scalar multiples of the
+ identity::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: n = ZZ.random_element(2,10)
+ sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(n)
+ sage: y = J.random_element()
+ sage: while y == y.coefficient(0)*J.one():
+ ....: y = J.random_element()
+ sage: y0 = y.vector()[0]
+ sage: y_bar = y.vector()[1:]
+ sage: actual = y.minimal_polynomial()
+ sage: t = PolynomialRing(J.base_ring(),'t').gen(0)
+ sage: expected = t^2 - 2*y0*t + (y0^2 - norm(y_bar)^2)
+ sage: bool(actual == expected)
+ True
+
+ The minimal polynomial should always kill its element::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: x = random_eja().random_element()
+ sage: p = x.minimal_polynomial()
+ sage: x.apply_univariate_polynomial(p)
+ 0
+
+ """
+ V = self.span_of_powers()
+ assoc_subalg = self.subalgebra_generated_by()
+ # Mis-design warning: the basis used for span_of_powers()
+ # and subalgebra_generated_by() must be the same, and in
+ # the same order!
+ elt = assoc_subalg(V.coordinates(self.vector()))
+
+ # We get back a symbolic polynomial in 'x' but want a real
+ # polynomial in 't'.
+ p_of_x = elt.operator_matrix().minimal_polynomial()
+ return p_of_x.change_variable_name('t')
+
+
+ def natural_representation(self):
+ """
+ Return a more-natural representation of this element.
+
+ Every finite-dimensional Euclidean Jordan Algebra is a
+ direct sum of five simple algebras, four of which comprise
+ Hermitian matrices. This method returns the original
+ "natural" representation of this element as a Hermitian
+ matrix, if it has one. If not, you get the usual representation.
+
+ EXAMPLES::
+
+ sage: J = ComplexHermitianEJA(3)
+ sage: J.one()
+ e0 + e5 + e8
+ sage: J.one().natural_representation()
+ [1 0 0 0 0 0]
+ [0 1 0 0 0 0]
+ [0 0 1 0 0 0]
+ [0 0 0 1 0 0]
+ [0 0 0 0 1 0]
+ [0 0 0 0 0 1]
+
+ ::
+
+ sage: J = QuaternionHermitianEJA(3)
+ sage: J.one()
+ e0 + e9 + e14
+ sage: J.one().natural_representation()
+ [1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
+ [0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
+ [0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
+ [0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
+ [0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
+ [0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0]
+ [0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0]
+ [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0]
+ [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0]
+ [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0]
+ [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0]
+ [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1]
+
+ """
+ B = self.parent().natural_basis()
+ W = B[0].matrix_space()
+ return W.linear_combination(zip(self.vector(), B))
+
+
+ def operator_matrix(self):
+ """
+ Return the matrix that represents left- (or right-)
+ multiplication by this element in the parent algebra.
+
+ We implement this ourselves to work around the fact that
+ our parent class represents everything with row vectors.
+
+ EXAMPLES:
+
+ Test the first polarization identity from my notes, Koecher Chapter
+ III, or from Baes (2.3)::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: y = J.random_element()
+ sage: Lx = x.operator_matrix()
+ sage: Ly = y.operator_matrix()
+ sage: Lxx = (x*x).operator_matrix()
+ sage: Lxy = (x*y).operator_matrix()
+ sage: bool(2*Lx*Lxy + Ly*Lxx == 2*Lxy*Lx + Lxx*Ly)
+ True
+
+ Test the second polarization identity from my notes or from
+ Baes (2.4)::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: y = J.random_element()
+ sage: z = J.random_element()
+ sage: Lx = x.operator_matrix()
+ sage: Ly = y.operator_matrix()
+ sage: Lz = z.operator_matrix()
+ sage: Lzy = (z*y).operator_matrix()
+ sage: Lxy = (x*y).operator_matrix()
+ sage: Lxz = (x*z).operator_matrix()
+ sage: bool(Lx*Lzy + Lz*Lxy + Ly*Lxz == Lzy*Lx + Lxy*Lz + Lxz*Ly)
+ True
+
+ Test the third polarization identity from my notes or from
+ Baes (2.5)::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: u = J.random_element()
+ sage: y = J.random_element()
+ sage: z = J.random_element()
+ sage: Lu = u.operator_matrix()
+ sage: Ly = y.operator_matrix()
+ sage: Lz = z.operator_matrix()
+ sage: Lzy = (z*y).operator_matrix()
+ sage: Luy = (u*y).operator_matrix()
+ sage: Luz = (u*z).operator_matrix()
+ sage: Luyz = (u*(y*z)).operator_matrix()
+ sage: lhs = Lu*Lzy + Lz*Luy + Ly*Luz
+ sage: rhs = Luyz + Ly*Lu*Lz + Lz*Lu*Ly
+ sage: bool(lhs == rhs)
+ True
+
+ """
+ fda_elt = FiniteDimensionalAlgebraElement(self.parent(), self)
+ return fda_elt.matrix().transpose()
+
+
+ def quadratic_representation(self, other=None):
+ """
+ Return the quadratic representation of this element.
+
+ EXAMPLES:
+
+ The explicit form in the spin factor algebra is given by
+ Alizadeh's Example 11.12::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,10)
+ sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(n)
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: x_vec = x.vector()
+ sage: x0 = x_vec[0]
+ sage: x_bar = x_vec[1:]
+ sage: A = matrix(QQ, 1, [x_vec.inner_product(x_vec)])
+ sage: B = 2*x0*x_bar.row()
+ sage: C = 2*x0*x_bar.column()
+ sage: D = identity_matrix(QQ, n-1)
+ sage: D = (x0^2 - x_bar.inner_product(x_bar))*D
+ sage: D = D + 2*x_bar.tensor_product(x_bar)
+ sage: Q = block_matrix(2,2,[A,B,C,D])
+ sage: Q == x.quadratic_representation()
+ True
+
+ Test all of the properties from Theorem 11.2 in Alizadeh::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: y = J.random_element()
+ sage: Lx = x.operator_matrix()
+ sage: Lxx = (x*x).operator_matrix()
+ sage: Qx = x.quadratic_representation()
+ sage: Qy = y.quadratic_representation()
+ sage: Qxy = x.quadratic_representation(y)
+ sage: Qex = J.one().quadratic_representation(x)
+ sage: n = ZZ.random_element(10)
+ sage: Qxn = (x^n).quadratic_representation()
+
+ Property 1:
+
+ sage: 2*Qxy == (x+y).quadratic_representation() - Qx - Qy
+ True
+
+ Property 2:
+
+ sage: alpha = QQ.random_element()
+ sage: (alpha*x).quadratic_representation() == (alpha^2)*Qx
+ True
+
+ Property 3:
+
+ sage: not x.is_invertible() or (
+ ....: Qx*x.inverse().vector() == x.vector() )
+ True
+
+ sage: not x.is_invertible() or (
+ ....: Qx.inverse()
+ ....: ==
+ ....: x.inverse().quadratic_representation() )
+ True
+
+ sage: Qxy*(J.one().vector()) == (x*y).vector()
+ True
+
+ Property 4:
+
+ sage: not x.is_invertible() or (
+ ....: x.quadratic_representation(x.inverse())*Qx
+ ....: == Qx*x.quadratic_representation(x.inverse()) )
+ True
+
+ sage: not x.is_invertible() or (
+ ....: x.quadratic_representation(x.inverse())*Qx
+ ....: ==
+ ....: 2*x.operator_matrix()*Qex - Qx )
+ True
+
+ sage: 2*x.operator_matrix()*Qex - Qx == Lxx
+ True
+
+ Property 5:
+
+ sage: J(Qy*x.vector()).quadratic_representation() == Qy*Qx*Qy
+ True
+
+ Property 6:
+
+ sage: Qxn == (Qx)^n
+ True
+
+ Property 7:
+
+ sage: not x.is_invertible() or (
+ ....: Qx*x.inverse().operator_matrix() == Lx )
+ True
+
+ Property 8:
+
+ sage: not x.operator_commutes_with(y) or (
+ ....: J(Qx*y.vector())^n == J(Qxn*(y^n).vector()) )
+ True
+
+ """
+ if other is None:
+ other=self
+ elif not other in self.parent():
+ raise TypeError("'other' must live in the same algebra")
+
+ L = self.operator_matrix()
+ M = other.operator_matrix()
+ return ( L*M + M*L - (self*other).operator_matrix() )
+
+
+ def span_of_powers(self):
+ """
+ Return the vector space spanned by successive powers of
+ this element.
+ """
+ # The dimension of the subalgebra can't be greater than
+ # the big algebra, so just put everything into a list
+ # and let span() get rid of the excess.
+ #
+ # We do the extra ambient_vector_space() in case we're messing
+ # with polynomials and the direct parent is a module.
+ V = self.vector().parent().ambient_vector_space()
+ return V.span( (self**d).vector() for d in xrange(V.dimension()) )
+
+
+ def subalgebra_generated_by(self):
+ """
+ Return the associative subalgebra of the parent EJA generated
+ by this element.
+
+ TESTS::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: x = random_eja().random_element()
+ sage: x.subalgebra_generated_by().is_associative()
+ True
+
+ Squaring in the subalgebra should be the same thing as
+ squaring in the superalgebra::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: x = random_eja().random_element()
+ sage: u = x.subalgebra_generated_by().random_element()
+ sage: u.operator_matrix()*u.vector() == (u**2).vector()
+ True
+
+ """
+ # First get the subspace spanned by the powers of myself...
+ V = self.span_of_powers()
+ F = self.base_ring()
+
+ # Now figure out the entries of the right-multiplication
+ # matrix for the successive basis elements b0, b1,... of
+ # that subspace.
+ mats = []
+ for b_right in V.basis():
+ eja_b_right = self.parent()(b_right)
+ b_right_rows = []
+ # The first row of the right-multiplication matrix by
+ # b1 is what we get if we apply that matrix to b1. The
+ # second row of the right multiplication matrix by b1
+ # is what we get when we apply that matrix to b2...
+ #
+ # IMPORTANT: this assumes that all vectors are COLUMN
+ # vectors, unlike our superclass (which uses row vectors).
+ for b_left in V.basis():
+ eja_b_left = self.parent()(b_left)
+ # Multiply in the original EJA, but then get the
+ # coordinates from the subalgebra in terms of its
+ # basis.
+ this_row = V.coordinates((eja_b_left*eja_b_right).vector())
+ b_right_rows.append(this_row)
+ b_right_matrix = matrix(F, b_right_rows)
+ mats.append(b_right_matrix)
+
+ # It's an algebra of polynomials in one element, and EJAs
+ # are power-associative.
+ #
+ # TODO: choose generator names intelligently.
+ return FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(F, mats, assume_associative=True, names='f')
+
+
+ def subalgebra_idempotent(self):
+ """
+ Find an idempotent in the associative subalgebra I generate
+ using Proposition 2.3.5 in Baes.
+
+ TESTS::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: while x.is_nilpotent():
+ ....: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: c = x.subalgebra_idempotent()
+ sage: c^2 == c
+ True
+
+ """
+ if self.is_nilpotent():
+ raise ValueError("this only works with non-nilpotent elements!")
+
+ V = self.span_of_powers()
+ J = self.subalgebra_generated_by()
+ # Mis-design warning: the basis used for span_of_powers()
+ # and subalgebra_generated_by() must be the same, and in
+ # the same order!
+ u = J(V.coordinates(self.vector()))
+
+ # The image of the matrix of left-u^m-multiplication
+ # will be minimal for some natural number s...
+ s = 0
+ minimal_dim = V.dimension()
+ for i in xrange(1, V.dimension()):
+ this_dim = (u**i).operator_matrix().image().dimension()
+ if this_dim < minimal_dim:
+ minimal_dim = this_dim
+ s = i
+
+ # Now minimal_matrix should correspond to the smallest
+ # non-zero subspace in Baes's (or really, Koecher's)
+ # proposition.
+ #
+ # However, we need to restrict the matrix to work on the
+ # subspace... or do we? Can't we just solve, knowing that
+ # A(c) = u^(s+1) should have a solution in the big space,
+ # too?
+ #
+ # Beware, solve_right() means that we're using COLUMN vectors.
+ # Our FiniteDimensionalAlgebraElement superclass uses rows.
+ u_next = u**(s+1)
+ A = u_next.operator_matrix()
+ c_coordinates = A.solve_right(u_next.vector())
+
+ # Now c_coordinates is the idempotent we want, but it's in
+ # the coordinate system of the subalgebra.
+ #
+ # We need the basis for J, but as elements of the parent algebra.
+ #
+ basis = [self.parent(v) for v in V.basis()]
+ return self.parent().linear_combination(zip(c_coordinates, basis))
+
+
+ def trace(self):
+ """
+ Return my trace, the sum of my eigenvalues.
+
+ EXAMPLES::
+
+ sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(3)
+ sage: x = sum(J.gens())
+ sage: x.trace()
+ 2
+
+ ::
+
+ sage: J = RealCartesianProductEJA(5)
+ sage: J.one().trace()
+ 5
+
+ TESTS:
+
+ The trace of an element is a real number::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: J.random_element().trace() in J.base_ring()
+ True
+
+ """
+ P = self.parent()
+ r = P.rank()
+ p = P._charpoly_coeff(r-1)
+ # The _charpoly_coeff function already adds the factor of
+ # -1 to ensure that _charpoly_coeff(r-1) is really what
+ # appears in front of t^{r-1} in the charpoly. However,
+ # we want the negative of THAT for the trace.
+ return -p(*self.vector())
+
+
+ def trace_inner_product(self, other):
+ """
+ Return the trace inner product of myself and ``other``.
+
+ TESTS:
+
+ The trace inner product is commutative::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: x = J.random_element(); y = J.random_element()
+ sage: x.trace_inner_product(y) == y.trace_inner_product(x)
+ True
+
+ The trace inner product is bilinear::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: y = J.random_element()
+ sage: z = J.random_element()
+ sage: a = QQ.random_element();
+ sage: actual = (a*(x+z)).trace_inner_product(y)
+ sage: expected = ( a*x.trace_inner_product(y) +
+ ....: a*z.trace_inner_product(y) )
+ sage: actual == expected
+ True
+ sage: actual = x.trace_inner_product(a*(y+z))
+ sage: expected = ( a*x.trace_inner_product(y) +
+ ....: a*x.trace_inner_product(z) )
+ sage: actual == expected
+ True
+
+ The trace inner product satisfies the compatibility
+ condition in the definition of a Euclidean Jordan algebra::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: J = random_eja()
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: y = J.random_element()
+ sage: z = J.random_element()
+ sage: (x*y).trace_inner_product(z) == y.trace_inner_product(x*z)
+ True
+
+ """
+ if not other in self.parent():
+ raise TypeError("'other' must live in the same algebra")
+
+ return (self*other).trace()
+
+
+class RealCartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
+ """
+ Return the Euclidean Jordan Algebra corresponding to the set
+ `R^n` under the Hadamard product.
+
+ Note: this is nothing more than the Cartesian product of ``n``
+ copies of the spin algebra. Once Cartesian product algebras
+ are implemented, this can go.
+
+ EXAMPLES:
+
+ This multiplication table can be verified by hand::
+
+ sage: J = RealCartesianProductEJA(3)
+ sage: e0,e1,e2 = J.gens()
+ sage: e0*e0
+ e0
+ sage: e0*e1
+ 0
+ sage: e0*e2
+ 0