eja: add a random comment.

[sage.d.git] / mjo / eja / eja_element.py

diff --git a/mjo/eja/eja_element.py b/mjo/eja/eja_element.py
index 0be0032751d75b85edf5386b69945dcb7d72b60d..a5880c4c4c3fc083726fbf2adcef6ee071e7cd63 100644 (file)
--- a/mjo/eja/eja_element.py
+++ b/mjo/eja/eja_element.py
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebraElement(IndexedFreeModuleElement):
         two here so that said elements actually exist::
 
             sage: set_random_seed()
-            sage: n_max = max(2, JordanSpinEJA._max_test_case_size())
+            sage: n_max = max(2, JordanSpinEJA._max_random_instance_size())
             sage: n = ZZ.random_element(2, n_max)
             sage: J = JordanSpinEJA(n)
             sage: y = J.random_element()
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebraElement(IndexedFreeModuleElement):
         and in particular, a re-scaling of the basis::
 
             sage: set_random_seed()
-            sage: n_max = RealSymmetricEJA._max_test_case_size()
+            sage: n_max = RealSymmetricEJA._max_random_instance_size()
             sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1, n_max)
             sage: J1 = RealSymmetricEJA(n)
             sage: J2 = RealSymmetricEJA(n,normalize_basis=False)
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebraElement(IndexedFreeModuleElement):
                 # in the "normal" case without us having to think about it.
                 return self.operator().minimal_polynomial()
 
-        A = self.subalgebra_generated_by()
+        A = self.subalgebra_generated_by(orthonormalize_basis=False)
         return A(self).operator().minimal_polynomial()
 
 
@@ -1008,6 +1008,10 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebraElement(IndexedFreeModuleElement):
         """
         B = self.parent().natural_basis()
         W = self.parent().natural_basis_space()
+
+        # This is just a manual "from_vector()", but of course
+        # matrix spaces aren't vector spaces in sage, so they
+        # don't have a from_vector() method.
         return W.linear_combination(zip(B,self.to_vector()))
 
 
@@ -1253,7 +1257,7 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebraElement(IndexedFreeModuleElement):
             sage: (J0, J5, J1) = J.peirce_decomposition(c1)
             sage: (f0, f1, f2) = J1.gens()
             sage: f0.spectral_decomposition()
-            [(0, 1.000000000000000?*f2), (1, 1.000000000000000?*f0)]
+            [(0, f2), (1, f0)]
 
         """
         A = self.subalgebra_generated_by(orthonormalize_basis=True)