# 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()
+ #
+ # 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()) )