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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34  | )abbrev package CPIMA CharacteristicPolynomialInMonogenicalAlgebra
++ Author: Claude Quitte
++ Date Created: 10/12/93
++ Description:
++ This package implements characteristicPolynomials for monogenic algebras
++ using resultants
CharacteristicPolynomialInMonogenicalAlgebra(R,PolR,E) : SIG == CODE where
  R : CommutativeRing
  PolR : UnivariatePolynomialCategory(R)
  E : MonogenicAlgebra(R, PolR)
  SIG ==> with
     characteristicPolynomial : E -> PolR
       ++ characteristicPolynomial(e) returns the characteristic polynomial 
       ++ of e using resultants
  CODE ==> add
    Pol ==> SparseUnivariatePolynomial
    import UnivariatePolynomialCategoryFunctions2(R, PolR, PolR, Pol(PolR))
    XtoY(Q : PolR) : Pol(PolR) == map(x+->monomial(x, 0), Q)
    P : Pol(PolR) := XtoY(definingPolynomial()$E)
    X : Pol(PolR) := monomial(monomial(1, 1)$PolR, 0)
    characteristicPolynomial(x : E) : PolR ==
       Qx : PolR := lift(x)
       -- on utilise le fait que resultant_Y (P(Y), X - Qx(Y))
       return resultant(P, X - XtoY(Qx))
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