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: J = eja_ln(5)
+ sage: x = J.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 = eja_ln(2)
+ sage: e0,e1 = J.gens()
+ sage: x = e0 + e1
+ sage: x.det()
+ 0
+ sage: J = eja_ln(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: n = ZZ.random_element(2,10).abs()
+ sage: J = eja_rn(n)
+ sage: J.one().is_nilpotent()
+ False
+ sage: J = eja_ln(n)
+ sage: J.one().is_nilpotent()
+ False
+
+ The additive identity is always nilpotent::
+
+ sage: set_random_seed()
+ sage: n = ZZ.random_element(2,10).abs()
+ sage: J = eja_rn(n)
+ sage: J.zero().is_nilpotent()
+ True
+ sage: J = eja_ln(n)
+ sage: J.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 = eja_ln(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):
return self.span_of_powers().dimension()
- def subalgebra_generated_by(self):
+ def matrix(self):
"""
- Return the associative subalgebra of the parent EJA generated
- by this element.
-
- TESTS::
-
- sage: set_random_seed()
- sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,10).abs()
- sage: J = eja_rn(n)
- sage: x = J.random_element()
- sage: x.subalgebra_generated_by().is_associative()
- True
- sage: J = eja_ln(n)
- sage: x = J.random_element()
- sage: x.subalgebra_generated_by().is_associative()
- True
+ 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).
"""
- # 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...
- 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')
+ fda_elt = FiniteDimensionalAlgebraElement(self.parent(), self)
+ return fda_elt.matrix().transpose()
def minimal_polynomial(self):
return elt.minimal_polynomial()
- def is_nilpotent(self):
+ def span_of_powers(self):
"""
- Return whether or not some power of this element is zero.
+ 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()) )
- 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:
+ def subalgebra_generated_by(self):
+ """
+ Return the associative subalgebra of the parent EJA generated
+ by this element.
- The identity element is never nilpotent::
+ TESTS::
sage: set_random_seed()
- sage: n = ZZ.random_element(2,10).abs()
+ sage: n = ZZ.random_element(1,10).abs()
sage: J = eja_rn(n)
- sage: J.one().is_nilpotent()
- False
+ sage: x = J.random_element()
+ sage: x.subalgebra_generated_by().is_associative()
+ True
sage: J = eja_ln(n)
- sage: J.one().is_nilpotent()
- False
+ sage: x = J.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: J = eja_ln(5)
+ sage: x = J.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')
- The additive identity is always nilpotent::
+
+ 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: n = ZZ.random_element(2,10).abs()
- sage: J = eja_rn(n)
- sage: J.zero().is_nilpotent()
+ sage: J = eja_rn(5)
+ sage: c = J.random_element().subalgebra_idempotent()
+ sage: c^2 == c
True
- sage: J = eja_ln(n)
- sage: J.zero().is_nilpotent()
+ sage: J = eja_ln(5)
+ sage: c = J.random_element().subalgebra_idempotent()
+ sage: c^2 == c
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.is_nilpotent():
+ raise ValueError("this only works with non-nilpotent elements!")
- 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()))
+ 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))
- # Recursive call, but should work since elt lives in an
- # associative algebra.
- return elt.is_nilpotent()
+ def trace(self):
+ """
+ Return my trace, the sum of my eigenvalues.
- def characteristic_polynomial(self):
- return self.matrix().characteristic_polynomial()
+ EXAMPLES::
+
+ sage: J = eja_ln(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 eja_rn(dimension, field=QQ):