what can be supported in a general Jordan Algebra.
"""
+from sage.categories.magmatic_algebras import MagmaticAlgebras
+from sage.structure.element import is_Matrix
+from sage.structure.category_object import normalize_names
+
from sage.algebras.finite_dimensional_algebras.finite_dimensional_algebra import FiniteDimensionalAlgebra
from sage.algebras.finite_dimensional_algebras.finite_dimensional_algebra_element import FiniteDimensionalAlgebraElement
class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(FiniteDimensionalAlgebra):
@staticmethod
- def __classcall__(cls, field, mult_table, names='e', category=None):
- fda = super(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra, cls)
- return fda.__classcall_private__(cls,
- field,
- mult_table,
- names,
- category)
+ def __classcall_private__(cls,
+ field,
+ mult_table,
+ names='e',
+ assume_associative=False,
+ category=None,
+ rank=None):
+ n = len(mult_table)
+ mult_table = [b.base_extend(field) for b in mult_table]
+ for b in mult_table:
+ b.set_immutable()
+ if not (is_Matrix(b) and b.dimensions() == (n, n)):
+ raise ValueError("input is not a multiplication table")
+ mult_table = tuple(mult_table)
+
+ cat = MagmaticAlgebras(field).FiniteDimensional().WithBasis()
+ cat.or_subcategory(category)
+ if assume_associative:
+ cat = cat.Associative()
+
+ names = normalize_names(n, names)
- def __init__(self, field, mult_table, names='e', category=None):
+ fda = super(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra, cls)
+ return fda.__classcall__(cls,
+ field,
+ mult_table,
+ assume_associative=assume_associative,
+ names=names,
+ category=cat,
+ rank=rank)
+
+
+ def __init__(self, field,
+ mult_table,
+ names='e',
+ assume_associative=False,
+ category=None,
+ rank=None):
+ self._rank = rank
fda = super(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra, self)
- fda.__init__(field, mult_table, names, category)
+ fda.__init__(field,
+ mult_table,
+ names=names,
+ category=category)
def _repr_(self):
"""
Return a string representation of ``self``.
"""
- return "Euclidean Jordan algebra of degree {} over {}".format(self.degree(), self.base_ring())
+ fmt = "Euclidean Jordan algebra of degree {} over {}"
+ return fmt.format(self.degree(), self.base_ring())
def rank(self):
"""
Return the rank of this EJA.
"""
- raise NotImplementedError
+ if self._rank is None:
+ raise ValueError("no rank specified at genesis")
+ else:
+ return self._rank
class Element(FiniteDimensionalAlgebraElement):
"""
An element of a Euclidean Jordan algebra.
-
- Since EJAs are commutative, the "right multiplication" matrix is
- also the left multiplication matrix and must be symmetric::
-
- sage: set_random_seed()
- sage: J = eja_ln(5)
- sage: J.random_element().matrix().is_symmetric()
- True
-
"""
def __pow__(self, n):
Jordan algebras are always power-associative; see for
example Faraut and Koranyi, Proposition II.1.2 (ii).
+
+ .. WARNING:
+
+ We have to override this because our superclass uses row vectors
+ instead of column vectors! We, on the other hand, assume column
+ vectors everywhere.
+
+ EXAMPLES:
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: x = random_eja().random_element()
+ sage: x.matrix()*x.vector() == (x**2).vector()
+ True
+
"""
A = self.parent()
if n == 0:
elif n == 1:
return self
else:
- return A.element_class(A, self.vector()*(self.matrix()**(n-1)))
+ return A.element_class(A, (self.matrix()**(n-1))*self.vector())
- def span_of_powers(self):
+ def characteristic_polynomial(self):
"""
- Return the vector space spanned by successive powers of
- this element.
+ Return my characteristic polynomial (if I'm a regular
+ element).
+
+ Eventually this should be implemented in terms of the parent
+ algebra's characteristic polynomial that works for ALL
+ elements.
"""
- # 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.
- V = self.vector().parent()
- return V.span( (self**d).vector() for d in xrange(V.dimension()) )
+ if self.is_regular():
+ return self.minimal_polynomial()
+ else:
+ raise NotImplementedError('irregular element')
+
+
+ def det(self):
+ """
+ Return my determinant, the product of my eigenvalues.
+
+ EXAMPLES::
+
+ sage: J = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(2)
+ sage: e0,e1 = J.gens()
+ sage: x = e0 + e1
+ sage: x.det()
+ 0
+ sage: J = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(3)
+ sage: e0,e1,e2 = J.gens()
+ sage: x = e0 + e1 + e2
+ sage: x.det()
+ -1
+
+ """
+ cs = self.characteristic_polynomial().coefficients(sparse=False)
+ r = len(cs) - 1
+ if r >= 0:
+ return cs[0] * (-1)**r
+ else:
+ raise ValueError('charpoly had no coefficients')
+
+
+ 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 = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(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):
EXAMPLES::
- sage: J = eja_ln(4)
+ sage: J = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(4)
sage: J.one().degree()
1
sage: e0,e1,e2,e3 = J.gens()
sage: set_random_seed()
sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,10).abs()
- sage: J = eja_ln(n)
+ sage: J = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(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 matrix(self):
+ """
+ Return the matrix that represents left- (or right-)
+ multiplication by this element in the parent algebra.
+
+ We have to override this because the superclass method
+ returns a matrix that acts on row vectors (that is, on
+ the right).
+ """
+ fda_elt = FiniteDimensionalAlgebraElement(self.parent(), self)
+ return fda_elt.matrix().transpose()
+
+
def minimal_polynomial(self):
- return self.matrix().minimal_polynomial()
+ """
+ EXAMPLES::
- def characteristic_polynomial(self):
- return self.matrix().characteristic_polynomial()
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: x = random_eja().random_element()
+ sage: x.degree() == x.minimal_polynomial().degree()
+ True
+
+ ::
+
+ 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).abs()
+ sage: J = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(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: x = SR.symbol('x', domain='real')
+ sage: expected = x^2 - 2*y0*x + (y0^2 - norm(y_bar)^2)
+ sage: bool(actual == expected)
+ True
+
+ """
+ # The element we're going to call "minimal_polynomial()" 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.minimal_polynomial()
+
+
+ def quadratic_representation(self):
+ """
+ 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: n = ZZ.random_element(1,10).abs()
+ sage: J = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(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
+
+ """
+ return 2*(self.matrix()**2) - (self**2).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.
+ V = self.vector().parent()
+ 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.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 = eja_rn(5)
+ sage: c = J.random_element().subalgebra_idempotent()
+ sage: c^2 == c
+ True
+ sage: J = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(5)
+ sage: c = J.random_element().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).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.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 = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(3)
+ sage: e0,e1,e2 = J.gens()
+ sage: x = e0 + e1 + e2
+ sage: x.trace()
+ 2
+
+ """
+ cs = self.characteristic_polynomial().coefficients(sparse=False)
+ if len(cs) >= 2:
+ return -1*cs[-2]
+ else:
+ raise ValueError('charpoly had fewer than 2 coefficients')
+
+
+ def trace_inner_product(self, other):
+ """
+ Return the trace inner product of myself and ``other``.
+ """
+ if not other in self.parent():
+ raise ArgumentError("'other' must live in the same algebra")
+
+ return (self*other).trace()
def eja_rn(dimension, field=QQ):
Qs = [ matrix(field, dimension, dimension, lambda k,j: 1*(k == j == i))
for i in xrange(dimension) ]
- return FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(field,Qs)
+ return FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(field,Qs,rank=dimension)
+
+
+
+def random_eja():
+ """
+ Return a "random" finite-dimensional Euclidean Jordan Algebra.
+
+ ALGORITHM:
+
+ For now, we choose a random natural number ``n`` (greater than zero)
+ and then give you back one of the following:
+
+ * The cartesian product of the rational numbers ``n`` times; this is
+ ``QQ^n`` with the Hadamard product.
+
+ * The Jordan spin algebra on ``QQ^n``.
+
+ * The ``n``-by-``n`` rational symmetric matrices with the symmetric
+ product.
+ Later this might be extended to return Cartesian products of the
+ EJAs above.
+
+ TESTS::
+
+ sage: random_eja()
+ Euclidean Jordan algebra of degree...
+
+ """
+ n = ZZ.random_element(1,5).abs()
+ constructor = choice([eja_rn,
+ JordanSpinSimpleEJA,
+ RealSymmetricSimpleEJA,
+ ComplexHermitianSimpleEJA])
+ return constructor(n, field=QQ)
+
+
+
+def _real_symmetric_basis(n, field=QQ):
+ """
+ Return a basis for the space of real symmetric n-by-n matrices.
+ """
+ # The basis of symmetric matrices, as matrices, in their R^(n-by-n)
+ # coordinates.
+ S = []
+ for i in xrange(n):
+ for j in xrange(i+1):
+ Eij = matrix(field, n, lambda k,l: k==i and l==j)
+ if i == j:
+ Sij = Eij
+ else:
+ # Beware, orthogonal but not normalized!
+ Sij = Eij + Eij.transpose()
+ S.append(Sij)
+ return S
+
+
+def _multiplication_table_from_matrix_basis(basis):
+ """
+ At least three of the five simple Euclidean Jordan algebras have the
+ symmetric multiplication (A,B) |-> (AB + BA)/2, where the
+ multiplication on the right is matrix multiplication. Given a basis
+ for the underlying matrix space, this function returns a
+ multiplication table (obtained by looping through the basis
+ elements) for an algebra of those matrices.
+ """
+ # In S^2, for example, we nominally have four coordinates even
+ # though the space is of dimension three only. The vector space V
+ # is supposed to hold the entire long vector, and the subspace W
+ # of V will be spanned by the vectors that arise from symmetric
+ # matrices. Thus for S^2, dim(V) == 4 and dim(W) == 3.
+ field = basis[0].base_ring()
+ dimension = basis[0].nrows()
+
+ def mat2vec(m):
+ return vector(field, m.list())
+
+ def vec2mat(v):
+ return matrix(field, dimension, v.list())
+
+ V = VectorSpace(field, dimension**2)
+ W = V.span( mat2vec(s) for s in basis )
+
+ # Taking the span above reorders our basis (thanks, jerk!) so we
+ # need to put our "matrix basis" in the same order as the
+ # (reordered) vector basis.
+ S = [ vec2mat(b) for b in W.basis() ]
+
+ Qs = []
+ for s in S:
+ # Brute force the multiplication-by-s matrix by looping
+ # through all elements of the basis and doing the computation
+ # to find out what the corresponding row should be. BEWARE:
+ # these multiplication tables won't be symmetric! It therefore
+ # becomes REALLY IMPORTANT that the underlying algebra
+ # constructor uses ROW vectors and not COLUMN vectors. That's
+ # why we're computing rows here and not columns.
+ Q_rows = []
+ for t in S:
+ this_row = mat2vec((s*t + t*s)/2)
+ Q_rows.append(W.coordinates(this_row))
+ Q = matrix(field, W.dimension(), Q_rows)
+ Qs.append(Q)
+
+ return Qs
+
+
+def _embed_complex_matrix(M):
+ """
+ Embed the n-by-n complex matrix ``M`` into the space of real
+ matrices of size 2n-by-2n via the map the sends each entry `z = a +
+ bi` to the block matrix ``[[a,b],[-b,a]]``.
+
+ EXAMPLES::
+
+ sage: F = QuadraticField(-1,'i')
+ sage: x1 = F(4 - 2*i)
+ sage: x2 = F(1 + 2*i)
+ sage: x3 = F(-i)
+ sage: x4 = F(6)
+ sage: M = matrix(F,2,[x1,x2,x3,x4])
+ sage: _embed_complex_matrix(M)
+ [ 4 2| 1 -2]
+ [-2 4| 2 1]
+ [-----+-----]
+ [ 0 1| 6 0]
+ [-1 0| 0 6]
+
+ """
+ n = M.nrows()
+ if M.ncols() != n:
+ raise ArgumentError("the matrix 'M' must be square")
+ field = M.base_ring()
+ blocks = []
+ for z in M.list():
+ a = z.real()
+ b = z.imag()
+ blocks.append(matrix(field, 2, [[a,-b],[b,a]]))
+
+ # We can drop the imaginaries here.
+ return block_matrix(field.base_ring(), n, blocks)
+
+
+def _unembed_complex_matrix(M):
+ """
+ The inverse of _embed_complex_matrix().
+
+ EXAMPLES::
+
+ sage: A = matrix(QQ,[ [ 1, 2, 3, 4],
+ ....: [-2, 1, -4, 3],
+ ....: [ 9, 10, 11, 12],
+ ....: [-10, 9, -12, 11] ])
+ sage: _unembed_complex_matrix(A)
+ [ -2*i + 1 -4*i + 3]
+ [ -10*i + 9 -12*i + 11]
+ """
+ n = ZZ(M.nrows())
+ if M.ncols() != n:
+ raise ArgumentError("the matrix 'M' must be square")
+ if not n.mod(2).is_zero():
+ raise ArgumentError("the matrix 'M' must be a complex embedding")
+
+ F = QuadraticField(-1, 'i')
+ i = F.gen()
+
+ # Go top-left to bottom-right (reading order), converting every
+ # 2-by-2 block we see to a single complex element.
+ elements = []
+ for k in xrange(n/2):
+ for j in xrange(n/2):
+ submat = M[2*k:2*k+2,2*j:2*j+2]
+ if submat[0,0] != submat[1,1]:
+ raise ArgumentError('bad real submatrix')
+ if submat[0,1] != -submat[1,0]:
+ raise ArgumentError('bad imag submatrix')
+ z = submat[0,0] + submat[1,0]*i
+ elements.append(z)
+
+ return matrix(F, n/2, elements)
+
+
+def RealSymmetricSimpleEJA(n, field=QQ):
+ """
+ The rank-n simple EJA consisting of real symmetric n-by-n
+ matrices, the usual symmetric Jordan product, and the trace inner
+ product. It has dimension `(n^2 + n)/2` over the reals.
+
+ EXAMPLES::
+
+ sage: J = RealSymmetricSimpleEJA(2)
+ sage: e0, e1, e2 = J.gens()
+ sage: e0*e0
+ e0
+ sage: e1*e1
+ e0 + e2
+ sage: e2*e2
+ e2
+ """
+ S = _real_symmetric_basis(n, field=field)
+ Qs = _multiplication_table_from_matrix_basis(S)
+
+ return FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(field,Qs,rank=n)
+
+
+def ComplexHermitianSimpleEJA(n, field=QQ):
+ """
+ The rank-n simple EJA consisting of complex Hermitian n-by-n
+ matrices over the real numbers, the usual symmetric Jordan product,
+ and the real-part-of-trace inner product. It has dimension `n^2 over
+ the reals.
+ """
+ F = QuadraticField(-1, 'i')
+ i = F.gen()
+ S = _real_symmetric_basis(n, field=F)
+ T = []
+ for s in S:
+ T.append(s)
+ T.append(i*s)
+ embed_T = [ _embed_complex_matrix(t) for t in T ]
+ Qs = _multiplication_table_from_matrix_basis(embed_T)
+ return FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(field, Qs, rank=n)
+
+def QuaternionHermitianSimpleEJA(n):
+ """
+ The rank-n simple EJA consisting of self-adjoint n-by-n quaternion
+ matrices, the usual symmetric Jordan product, and the
+ real-part-of-trace inner product. It has dimension `2n^2 - n` over
+ the reals.
+ """
+ pass
+
+def OctonionHermitianSimpleEJA(n):
+ """
+ This shit be crazy. It has dimension 27 over the reals.
+ """
+ n = 3
+ pass
-def eja_ln(dimension, field=QQ):
+def JordanSpinSimpleEJA(n, field=QQ):
"""
- Return the Jordan algebra corresponding to the Lorentz "ice cream"
- cone of the given ``dimension``.
+ The rank-2 simple EJA consisting of real vectors ``x=(x0, x_bar)``
+ with the usual inner product and jordan product ``x*y =
+ (<x_bar,y_bar>, x0*y_bar + y0*x_bar)``. It has dimension `n` over
+ the reals.
EXAMPLES:
This multiplication table can be verified by hand::
- sage: J = eja_ln(4)
+ sage: J = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(4)
sage: e0,e1,e2,e3 = J.gens()
sage: e0*e0
e0
In one dimension, this is the reals under multiplication::
- sage: J1 = eja_ln(1)
+ sage: J1 = JordanSpinSimpleEJA(1)
sage: J2 = eja_rn(1)
sage: J1 == J2
True
"""
Qs = []
- id_matrix = identity_matrix(field,dimension)
- for i in xrange(dimension):
+ id_matrix = identity_matrix(field, n)
+ for i in xrange(n):
ei = id_matrix.column(i)
- Qi = zero_matrix(field,dimension)
+ Qi = zero_matrix(field, n)
Qi.set_row(0, ei)
Qi.set_column(0, ei)
- Qi += diagonal_matrix(dimension, [ei[0]]*dimension)
+ Qi += diagonal_matrix(n, [ei[0]]*n)
# The addition of the diagonal matrix adds an extra ei[0] in the
# upper-left corner of the matrix.
Qi[0,0] = Qi[0,0] * ~field(2)
Qs.append(Qi)
- return FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(field,Qs)
+ # The rank of the spin factor algebra is two, UNLESS we're in a
+ # one-dimensional ambient space (the rank is bounded by the
+ # ambient dimension).
+ return FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(field, Qs, rank=min(n,2))