X-Git-Url: http://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=mjo%2Feja%2Feja_algebra.py;h=0da3eef9aa6e7835b6a6291d008bed4e31571872;hb=2b95649f57f150fed77ef2e62076eb97f54fa6da;hp=562797318646cb1dd837691f846fd114b44ec131;hpb=432ca4fcc5ff6fef69ebbfc166cec124c83c5fd1;p=sage.d.git

diff --git a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
index 5627973..0da3eef 100644
--- a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
+++ b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         """
         SETUP::
 
-            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (JordanSpinEJA, random_eja)
+            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (
+            ....:   FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra,
+            ....:   JordanSpinEJA,
+            ....:   random_eja)
 
         EXAMPLES:
 
@@ -75,13 +78,20 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(CombinatorialFreeModule):
 
         TESTS:
 
-        The ``field`` we're given must be real::
+        The ``field`` we're given must be real with ``check=True``::
 
             sage: JordanSpinEJA(2,QQbar)
             Traceback (most recent call last):
             ...
             ValueError: field is not real
 
+        The multiplication table must be square with ``check=True``::
+
+            sage: FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(QQ,((),()))
+            Traceback (most recent call last):
+            ...
+            ValueError: multiplication table is not square
+
         """
         if check:
             if not field.is_subring(RR):
@@ -98,6 +108,9 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(CombinatorialFreeModule):
 
         # The multiplication table had better be square
         n = len(mult_table)
+        if check:
+            if not all( len(l) == n for l in mult_table ):
+                raise ValueError("multiplication table is not square")
 
         fda = super(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra, self)
         fda.__init__(field,
@@ -283,14 +296,26 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra(CombinatorialFreeModule):
         this algebra was constructed with ``check=False`` and passed
         an invalid multiplication table.
         """
+
+        # Used to check whether or not something is zero in an inexact
+        # ring. This number is sufficient to allow the construction of
+        # QuaternionHermitianEJA(2, RDF) with check=True.
+        epsilon = 1e-16
+
         for i in range(self.dimension()):
             for j in range(self.dimension()):
                 for k in range(self.dimension()):
                     x = self.monomial(i)
                     y = self.monomial(j)
                     z = self.monomial(k)
-                    if (x*y).inner_product(z) != x.inner_product(y*z):
-                        return False
+                    diff = (x*y).inner_product(z) - x.inner_product(y*z)
+
+                    if self.base_ring().is_exact():
+                        if diff != 0:
+                            return False
+                    else:
+                        if diff.abs() > epsilon:
+                            return False
 
         return True
 
@@ -1135,10 +1160,13 @@ class MatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
 
             # Do this over the rationals and convert back at the end.
             # Only works because we know the entries of the basis are
-            # integers.
+            # integers. The argument ``check=False`` is required
+            # because the trace inner-product method for this
+            # class is a stub and can't actually be checked.
             J = MatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra(QQ,
                                              basis,
-                                             normalize_basis=False)
+                                             normalize_basis=False,
+                                             check=False)
             a = J._charpoly_coefficients()
 
             # Unfortunately, changing the basis does change the