return self.from_vector(coords)
- @staticmethod
- def _max_test_case_size():
- """
- Return an integer "size" that is an upper bound on the size of
- this algebra when it is used in a random test
- case. Unfortunately, the term "size" is quite vague -- when
- dealing with `R^n` under either the Hadamard or Jordan spin
- product, the "size" refers to the dimension `n`. When dealing
- with a matrix algebra (real symmetric or complex/quaternion
- Hermitian), it refers to the size of the matrix, which is
- far less than the dimension of the underlying vector space.
-
- We default to five in this class, which is safe in `R^n`. The
- matrix algebra subclasses (or any class where the "size" is
- interpreted to be far less than the dimension) should override
- with a smaller number.
- """
- return 5
-
-
def _repr_(self):
"""
Return a string representation of ``self``.
"""
return tuple( self.random_element() for idx in xrange(count) )
- @classmethod
- def random_instance(cls, field=QQ, **kwargs):
- """
- Return a random instance of this type of algebra.
-
- In subclasses for algebras that we know how to construct, this
- is a shortcut for constructing test cases and examples.
- """
- if cls is FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra:
- # Red flag! But in theory we could do this I guess. The
- # only finite-dimensional exceptional EJA is the
- # octononions. So, we could just create an EJA from an
- # associative matrix algebra (generated by a subset of
- # elements) with the symmetric product. Or, we could punt
- # to random_eja() here, override it in our subclasses, and
- # not worry about it.
- raise NotImplementedError
-
- n = ZZ.random_element(cls._max_test_case_size()) + 1
- return cls(n, field, **kwargs)
-
def rank(self):
"""
Element = FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebraElement
-class RealCartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
+class KnownRankEJA(object):
+ """
+ A class for algebras that we actually know we can construct. The
+ main issue is that, for most of our methods to make sense, we need
+ to know the rank of our algebra. Thus we can't simply generate a
+ "random" algebra, or even check that a given basis and product
+ satisfy the axioms; because even if everything looks OK, we wouldn't
+ know the rank we need to actuallty build the thing.
+
+ Not really a subclass of FDEJA because doing that causes method
+ resolution errors, e.g.
+
+ TypeError: Error when calling the metaclass bases
+ Cannot create a consistent method resolution
+ order (MRO) for bases FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra,
+ KnownRankEJA
+
+ """
+ @staticmethod
+ def _max_test_case_size():
+ """
+ Return an integer "size" that is an upper bound on the size of
+ this algebra when it is used in a random test
+ case. Unfortunately, the term "size" is quite vague -- when
+ dealing with `R^n` under either the Hadamard or Jordan spin
+ product, the "size" refers to the dimension `n`. When dealing
+ with a matrix algebra (real symmetric or complex/quaternion
+ Hermitian), it refers to the size of the matrix, which is
+ far less than the dimension of the underlying vector space.
+
+ We default to five in this class, which is safe in `R^n`. The
+ matrix algebra subclasses (or any class where the "size" is
+ interpreted to be far less than the dimension) should override
+ with a smaller number.
+ """
+ return 5
+
+ @classmethod
+ def random_instance(cls, field=QQ, **kwargs):
+ """
+ Return a random instance of this type of algebra.
+
+ Beware, this will crash for "most instances" because the
+ constructor below looks wrong.
+ """
+ n = ZZ.random_element(cls._max_test_case_size()) + 1
+ return cls(n, field, **kwargs)
+
+
+class RealCartesianProductEJA(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra,
+ KnownRankEJA):
"""
Return the Euclidean Jordan Algebra corresponding to the set
`R^n` under the Hadamard product.
Euclidean Jordan algebra of dimension...
"""
- classname = choice([RealCartesianProductEJA,
- JordanSpinEJA,
- RealSymmetricEJA,
- ComplexHermitianEJA,
- QuaternionHermitianEJA])
+ classname = choice(KnownRankEJA.__subclasses__())
return classname.random_instance()
return M
-class RealSymmetricEJA(RealMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
+class RealSymmetricEJA(RealMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra, KnownRankEJA):
"""
The rank-n simple EJA consisting of real symmetric n-by-n
matrices, the usual symmetric Jordan product, and the trace inner
return RealMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra.natural_inner_product(X,Y)/2
-class ComplexHermitianEJA(ComplexMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
+class ComplexHermitianEJA(ComplexMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra, KnownRankEJA):
"""
The rank-n simple EJA consisting of complex Hermitian n-by-n
matrices over the real numbers, the usual symmetric Jordan product,
return RealMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra.natural_inner_product(X,Y)/4
-class QuaternionHermitianEJA(QuaternionMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
+class QuaternionHermitianEJA(QuaternionMatrixEuclideanJordanAlgebra,
+ KnownRankEJA):
"""
The rank-n simple EJA consisting of self-adjoint n-by-n quaternion
matrices, the usual symmetric Jordan product, and the
super(QuaternionHermitianEJA,self).__init__(field, basis, n, **kwargs)
-class JordanSpinEJA(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra):
+class JordanSpinEJA(FiniteDimensionalEuclideanJordanAlgebra, KnownRankEJA):
"""
The rank-2 simple EJA consisting of real vectors ``x=(x0, x_bar)``
with the usual inner product and jordan product ``x*y =