7.8.3 freeAlgebra (letterplace)

Syntax:

freeAlgebra( ring_expression r, int_expression d )

Type:

ring

Purpose:

Creates a free (letterplace) ring with the variables of the ring r up to the degree (length) bound d, with the monomial ordering, determined by those on the ring r.

Note:

A letterplace ring has an attribute called isLetterplaceRing, which is zero for non-letterplace rings and contains the number of variables of the free algebra it encodes, otherwise.

Example:

LIB "freegb.lib"; ring r = 0,(x,y,z),dp; ring R = freeAlgebra(r, 7); // this ordering is degree right lex R; ==> // coefficients: QQ considered as a field ==> // number of vars : 21 ==> // block 1 : ordering dp ==> // : names x y z x y z x y z x y z x y z x y z x y z ==> // block 2 : ordering C ==> // letterplace ring (block size 3, ncgen count 0) attrib(R,"isLetterplaceRing"); ==> 3 ring r2 = 0,(x,y,z),lp; ring R2 = freeAlgebra(r2, 5); // note, that this ordering is NOT left or right lex R2; ==> // coefficients: QQ considered as a field ==> // number of vars : 15 ==> // block 1 : ordering a ==> // : names x y z x y z x y z x y z x y z ==> // : weights 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 ==> // block 2 : ordering a ==> // : names x y z x y z x y z x y z x y z ==> // : weights 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 ==> // block 3 : ordering a ==> // : names x y z x y z x y z x y z x y z ==> // : weights 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 ==> // block 4 : ordering lp ==> // : names x y z x y z x y z x y z x y z ==> // block 5 : ordering C ==> // letterplace ring (block size 3, ncgen count 0) attrib(R2,"isLetterplaceRing"); ==> 3