README: rewrite it, it was rather out-of-date

[sage.d.git] / mjo / eja / TODO

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-Trace inner product tests:
+1. Add references and start citing them.
 
-            TESTS:
+2. Profile (and fix?) any remaining slow operations.
 
-            The trace inner product is commutative::
+3. When we take a Cartesian product involving a trivial algebra, we
+   could easily cache the identity and charpoly coefficients using
+   the nontrivial factor. On the other hand, it's nice that we can
+   test out some alternate code paths...
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
-            sage: J = random_eja()
-            sage: x = J.random_element(); y = J.random_element()
-            sage: x.trace_inner_product(y) == y.trace_inner_product(x)
-            True
+4. Add dimension bounds on any tests over AA that compute element
+   subalgebras.
 
-            The trace inner product is bilinear::
+5. The rational_algebra() stuff doesn't really belong in classes that
+   don't derive from RationalBasisEJA or its as-yet-nonexistent
+   element class.
 
-            sage: set_random_seed()
-            sage: J = random_eja()
-            sage: x = J.random_element()
-            sage: y = J.random_element()
-            sage: z = J.random_element()
-            sage: a = QQ.random_element();
-            sage: actual = (a*(x+z)).trace_inner_product(y)
-            sage: expected = a*x.trace_inner_product(y) + a*z.trace_inner_product(y)
-            sage: actual == expected
-            True
-            sage: actual = x.trace_inner_product(a*(y+z))
-            sage: expected = a*x.trace_inner_product(y) +  a*x.trace_inner_product(z)
-            sage: actual == expected
-            True
-
-            The trace inner product is associative::
-
-            sage: pass
-
-            The trace inner product satisfies the compatibility
-            condition in the definition of a Euclidean Jordan algebra:
-
-            sage: set_random_seed()
-            sage: J = random_eja()
-            sage: x = J.random_element()
-            sage: y = J.random_element()
-            sage: z = J.random_element()
-            sage: (x*y).trace_inner_product(z) == y.trace_inner_product(x*z)
-            True
-           
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+6. Add special det/trace method overrides for the algebras where we
+   know them? The only reason this might be tricky is because the
+   obvious solution is to subclass EJAElement, but then we might
+   collide with e.g. the Cartesian product element subclass.