from sage.categories.magmatic_algebras import MagmaticAlgebras
from sage.combinat.free_module import CombinatorialFreeModule
from sage.matrix.constructor import matrix
+from sage.matrix.matrix_space import MatrixSpace
from sage.misc.cachefunc import cached_method
from sage.misc.prandom import choice
from sage.misc.table import table
-from sage.modules.free_module import VectorSpace
+from sage.modules.free_module import FreeModule, VectorSpace
from sage.rings.integer_ring import ZZ
from sage.rings.number_field.number_field import QuadraticField
from sage.rings.polynomial.polynomial_ring_constructor import PolynomialRing
determinant).
"""
z = self._a_regular_element()
- V = self.vector_space()
- V1 = V.span_of_basis( (z**k).to_vector() for k in range(self.rank()) )
+ # Don't use the parent vector space directly here in case this
+ # happens to be a subalgebra. In that case, we would be e.g.
+ # two-dimensional but span_of_basis() would expect three
+ # coordinates.
+ V = VectorSpace(self.base_ring(), self.vector_space().dimension())
+ basis = [ (z**k).to_vector() for k in range(self.rank()) ]
+ V1 = V.span_of_basis( basis )
b = (V1.basis() + V1.complement().basis())
return V.span_of_basis(b)
# have multivatiate polynomial entries.
names = tuple('X' + str(i) for i in range(1,n+1))
R = PolynomialRing(self.base_ring(), names)
- V = self.vector_space().change_ring(R)
+
+ # Using change_ring() on the parent's vector space doesn't work
+ # here because, in a subalgebra, that vector space has a basis
+ # and change_ring() tries to bring the basis along with it. And
+ # that doesn't work unless the new ring is a PID, which it usually
+ # won't be.
+ V = FreeModule(R,n)
# Now let x = (X1,X2,...,Xn) be the vector whose entries are
# indeterminates...
"""
if self._natural_basis is None:
- return tuple( b.to_vector().column() for b in self.basis() )
+ M = self.natural_basis_space()
+ return tuple( M(b.to_vector()) for b in self.basis() )
else:
return self._natural_basis
+ def natural_basis_space(self):
+ """
+ Return the matrix space in which this algebra's natural basis
+ elements live.
+ """
+ if self._natural_basis is None or len(self._natural_basis) == 0:
+ return MatrixSpace(self.base_ring(), self.dimension(), 1)
+ else:
+ return self._natural_basis[0].matrix_space()
+
+
@cached_method
def one(self):
"""