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##
## This file is part of GAP, a system for computational discrete algebra.
## This file's authors include Thomas Breuer.
##
## Copyright of GAP belongs to its developers, whose names are too numerous
## to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file for details.
##
## SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
##
## This file declares the operations for vector spaces.
##
## The operations for bases of free left modules can be found in the file
## <F>lib/basis.gd<F>.
##
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##
#C IsLeftOperatorRing(<R>)
##
## <ManSection>
## <Filt Name="IsLeftOperatorRing" Arg='R' Type='Category'/>
##
## <Description>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
##
DeclareSynonym( "IsLeftOperatorRing",
IsLeftOperatorAdditiveGroup and IsRing and IsAssociativeLOpDProd );
#T really?
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##
#C IsLeftOperatorRingWithOne(<R>)
##
## <ManSection>
## <Filt Name="IsLeftOperatorRingWithOne" Arg='R' Type='Category'/>
##
## <Description>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
##
DeclareSynonym( "IsLeftOperatorRingWithOne",
IsLeftOperatorAdditiveGroup and IsRingWithOne
and IsAssociativeLOpDProd );
#T really?
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##
#C IsLeftVectorSpace( <V> )
#C IsVectorSpace( <V> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="IsLeftVectorSpace">
## <ManSection>
## <Filt Name="IsLeftVectorSpace" Arg='V' Type='Category'/>
## <Filt Name="IsVectorSpace" Arg='V' Type='Category'/>
##
## <Description>
## A <E>vector space</E> in &GAP; is a free left module
## (see <Ref Filt="IsFreeLeftModule"/>) over a division ring
## (see Chapter <Ref Chap="Fields and Division Rings"/>).
## <P/>
## Whenever we talk about an <M>F</M>-vector space <A>V</A> then <A>V</A> is
## an additive group (see <Ref Filt="IsAdditiveGroup"/>) on which the
## division ring <M>F</M> acts via multiplication from the left such that
## this action and the addition in <A>V</A> are left and right distributive.
## The division ring <M>F</M> can be accessed as value of the attribute
## <Ref Attr="LeftActingDomain"/>.
## <P/>
## Vector spaces in &GAP; are always <E>left</E> vector spaces,
## <Ref Filt="IsLeftVectorSpace"/> and <Ref Filt="IsVectorSpace"/> are
## synonyms.
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareSynonym( "IsLeftVectorSpace",
IsLeftModule and IsLeftActedOnByDivisionRing );
DeclareSynonym( "IsVectorSpace", IsLeftVectorSpace );
InstallTrueMethod( IsFreeLeftModule,
IsLeftModule and IsLeftActedOnByDivisionRing );
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##
#F IsGaussianSpace( <V> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="IsGaussianSpace">
## <ManSection>
## <Filt Name="IsGaussianSpace" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## The filter <Ref Filt="IsGaussianSpace"/> (see <Ref Sect="Filters"/>)
## for the row space (see <Ref Filt="IsRowSpace"/>)
## or matrix space (see <Ref Filt="IsMatrixSpace"/>) <A>V</A>
## over a field <M>F</M>
## indicates that the entries of all row vectors or matrices in <A>V</A>,
## respectively, are all contained in <M>F</M>.
## In this case, <A>V</A> is called a <E>Gaussian</E> vector space.
## Bases for Gaussian spaces can be computed using Gaussian elimination for
## a given list of vector space generators.
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> mats:= [ [[1,1],[2,2]], [[3,4],[0,1]] ];;
## gap> V:= VectorSpace( Rationals, mats );;
## gap> IsGaussianSpace( V );
## true
## gap> mats[1][1][1]:= E(4);; # an element in an extension field
## gap> V:= VectorSpace( Rationals, mats );;
## gap> IsGaussianSpace( V );
## false
## gap> V:= VectorSpace( Field( Rationals, [ E(4) ] ), mats );;
## gap> IsGaussianSpace( V );
## true
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareFilter( "IsGaussianSpace", IsVectorSpace );
InstallTrueMethod( IsGaussianSpace,
IsVectorSpace and IsFullMatrixModule );
InstallTrueMethod( IsGaussianSpace,
IsVectorSpace and IsFullRowModule );
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##
#C IsDivisionRing( <D> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="IsDivisionRing">
## <ManSection>
## <Filt Name="IsDivisionRing" Arg='D' Type='Category'/>
##
## <Description>
## A <E>division ring</E> in &GAP; is a nontrivial associative algebra
## <A>D</A> with a multiplicative inverse for each nonzero element.
## In &GAP; every division ring is a vector space over a division ring
## (possibly over itself).
## Note that being a division ring is thus not a property that a ring can
## get, because a ring is usually not represented as a vector space.
## <P/>
## The field of coefficients is stored as the value of the attribute
## <Ref Attr="LeftActingDomain"/> of <A>D</A>.
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareSynonymAttr( "IsDivisionRing",
IsMagmaWithInversesIfNonzero
and IsLeftOperatorRingWithOne
and IsLeftVectorSpace
and IsNonTrivial
and IsAssociative
and IsEuclideanRing );
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##
#A GeneratorsOfLeftVectorSpace( <V> )
#A GeneratorsOfVectorSpace( <V> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="GeneratorsOfLeftVectorSpace">
## <ManSection>
## <Attr Name="GeneratorsOfLeftVectorSpace" Arg='V'/>
## <Attr Name="GeneratorsOfVectorSpace" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## For an <M>F</M>-vector space <A>V</A>,
## <Ref Attr="GeneratorsOfLeftVectorSpace"/> returns a list of vectors in
## <A>V</A> that generate <A>V</A> as an <M>F</M>-vector space.
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> GeneratorsOfVectorSpace( FullRowSpace( Rationals, 3 ) );
## [ [ 1, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 1, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 1 ] ]
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareSynonymAttr( "GeneratorsOfLeftVectorSpace",
GeneratorsOfLeftOperatorAdditiveGroup );
DeclareSynonymAttr( "GeneratorsOfVectorSpace",
GeneratorsOfLeftOperatorAdditiveGroup );
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##
#A CanonicalBasis( <V> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="CanonicalBasis">
## <ManSection>
## <Attr Name="CanonicalBasis" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## If the vector space <A>V</A> supports a <E>canonical basis</E> then
## <Ref Attr="CanonicalBasis"/> returns this basis,
## otherwise <K>fail</K> is returned.
## <P/>
## The defining property of a canonical basis is that its vectors are
## uniquely determined by the vector space.
## If canonical bases exist for two vector spaces over the same left acting
## domain (see <Ref Attr="LeftActingDomain"/>) then the equality of
## these vector spaces can be decided by comparing the canonical bases.
## <P/>
## The exact meaning of a canonical basis depends on the type of <A>V</A>.
## Canonical bases are defined for example for Gaussian row and matrix
## spaces (see <Ref Sect="Row and Matrix Spaces"/>).
## <P/>
## If one designs a new kind of vector spaces
## (see <Ref Sect="How to Implement New Kinds of Vector Spaces"/>) and
## defines a canonical basis for these spaces then the
## <Ref Attr="CanonicalBasis"/> method one installs
## (see <Ref Func="InstallMethod"/>)
## must <E>not</E> call <Ref Attr="Basis"/>.
## On the other hand, one probably should install a <Ref Attr="Basis"/>
## method that simply calls <Ref Attr="CanonicalBasis"/>,
## the value of the method
## (see <Ref Sect="Method Installation"/> and
## <Ref Sect="Applicable Methods and Method Selection"/>)
## being <C>CANONICAL_BASIS_FLAGS</C>.
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> vecs:= [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 1, 1, 1 ], [ 1, 1, 1 ] ];;
## gap> V:= VectorSpace( Rationals, vecs );;
## gap> B:= CanonicalBasis( V );
## CanonicalBasis( <vector space over Rationals, with 3 generators> )
## gap> BasisVectors( B );
## [ [ 1, 0, -1 ], [ 0, 1, 2 ] ]
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareAttribute( "CanonicalBasis", IsFreeLeftModule );
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##
#F IsRowSpace( <V> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="IsRowSpace">
## <ManSection>
## <Filt Name="IsRowSpace" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## A <E>row space</E> in &GAP; is a vector space that consists of
## row vectors (see Chapter <Ref Chap="Row Vectors"/>).
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareSynonym( "IsRowSpace", IsRowModule and IsVectorSpace );
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##
#F IsGaussianRowSpace( <V> )
##
## <ManSection>
## <Func Name="IsGaussianRowSpace" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## A row space is <E>Gaussian</E> if the left acting domain contains all
## scalars that occur in the vectors.
## Thus one can use Gaussian elimination in the calculations.
## <P/>
## (Otherwise the space is non-Gaussian.
## We will need a flag for this to write down methods that delegate from
## non-Gaussian spaces to Gaussian ones.)
## <!-- reformulate this when it becomes documented -->
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
##
DeclareSynonym( "IsGaussianRowSpace", IsGaussianSpace and IsRowSpace );
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##
#F IsNonGaussianRowSpace( <V> )
##
## <ManSection>
## <Func Name="IsNonGaussianRowSpace" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## If an <M>F</M>-vector space <A>V</A> is in the filter
## <Ref Func="IsNonGaussianRowSpace"/> then this expresses that <A>V</A>
## consists of row vectors (see <Ref Func="IsRowVector"/>) such
## that not all entries in these row vectors are contained in <M>F</M>
## (so Gaussian elimination cannot be used to compute an <M>F</M>-basis
## from a list of vector space generators),
## and that <A>V</A> is handled via the mechanism of nice bases
## (see <Ref ???="..."/>) in the following way.
## Let <M>K</M> be the field spanned by the entries of all vectors in
## <A>V</A>.
## Then the <Ref Attr="NiceFreeLeftModuleInfo"/> value of <A>V</A> is
## a basis <M>B</M> of the field extension <M>K / ( K \cap F )</M>,
## and the <Ref Func="NiceVector"/> value of <M>v \in <A>V</A></M>
## is defined by replacing each entry of <M>v</M> by the list of its
## <M>B</M>-coefficients, and then forming the concatenation.
## <P/>
## So the associated nice vector space is a Gaussian row space
## (see <Ref Func="IsGaussianRowSpace"/>).
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
##
DeclareHandlingByNiceBasis( "IsNonGaussianRowSpace",
"for non-Gaussian row spaces" );
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##
#F IsMatrixSpace( <V> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="IsMatrixSpace">
## <ManSection>
## <Filt Name="IsMatrixSpace" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## A <E>matrix space</E> in &GAP; is a vector space that consists of matrices
## (see Chapter <Ref Chap="Matrices"/>).
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareSynonym( "IsMatrixSpace", IsMatrixModule and IsVectorSpace );
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##
#F IsGaussianMatrixSpace( <V> )
##
## <ManSection>
## <Func Name="IsGaussianMatrixSpace" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## A matrix space is Gaussian if the left acting domain contains all
## scalars that occur in the vectors.
## Thus one can use Gaussian elimination in the calculations.
## <P/>
## (Otherwise the space is non-Gaussian.
## We will need a flag for this to write down methods that delegate from
## non-Gaussian spaces to Gaussian ones.)
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
##
DeclareSynonym( "IsGaussianMatrixSpace", IsGaussianSpace and IsMatrixSpace );
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##
#F IsNonGaussianMatrixSpace( <V> )
##
## <ManSection>
## <Func Name="IsNonGaussianMatrixSpace" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## If an <M>F</M>-vector space <A>V</A> is in the filter
## <Ref Func="IsNonGaussianMatrixSpace"/>
## then this expresses that <A>V</A> consists of matrices
## (see <Ref Func="IsMatrix"/>)
## such that not all entries in these matrices are contained in <M>F</M>
## (so Gaussian elimination cannot be used to compute an <M>F</M>-basis
## from a list of vector space generators),
## and that <A>V</A> is handled via the mechanism of nice bases
## (see <Ref ???="..."/>) in the following way.
## Let <M>K</M> be the field spanned by the entries of all vectors in <A>V</A>.
## The <Ref Attr="NiceFreeLeftModuleInfo"/> value of <A>V</A> is irrelevant,
## and the <Ref Func="NiceVector"/> value of <M>v \in <A>V</A></M>
## is defined as the concatenation of the rows of <M>v</M>.
## <P/>
## So the associated nice vector space is a (not necessarily Gaussian)
## row space (see <Ref Func="IsRowSpace"/>).
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
##
DeclareHandlingByNiceBasis( "IsNonGaussianMatrixSpace",
"for non-Gaussian matrix spaces" );
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##
#A NormedRowVectors( <V> ) . . . normed vectors in a Gaussian row space <V>
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="NormedRowVectors">
## <ManSection>
## <Attr Name="NormedRowVectors" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## For a finite Gaussian row space <A>V</A>
## (see <Ref Filt="IsRowSpace"/>, <Ref Filt="IsGaussianSpace"/>),
## <Ref Attr="NormedRowVectors"/> returns a list of those nonzero
## vectors in <A>V</A> that have a one in the first nonzero component.
## <P/>
## The result list can be used as action domain for the action of a matrix
## group via <Ref Func="OnLines"/>, which yields the natural action on
## one-dimensional subspaces of <A>V</A>
## (see also <Ref Attr="Subspaces"/>).
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> vecs:= NormedRowVectors( GF(3)^2 );
## [ [ 0*Z(3), Z(3)^0 ], [ Z(3)^0, 0*Z(3) ], [ Z(3)^0, Z(3)^0 ],
## [ Z(3)^0, Z(3) ] ]
## gap> Action( GL(2,3), vecs, OnLines );
## Group([ (3,4), (1,2,4) ])
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareAttribute( "NormedRowVectors", IsGaussianSpace );
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##
#A TrivialSubspace( <V> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="TrivialSubspace">
## <ManSection>
## <Attr Name="TrivialSubspace" Arg='V'/>
##
## <Description>
## For a vector space <A>V</A>, <Ref Attr="TrivialSubspace"/> returns the
## subspace of <A>V</A> that consists of the zero vector in <A>V</A>.
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> V:= GF(3)^3;;
## gap> triv:= TrivialSubspace( V );
## <vector space of dimension 0 over GF(3)>
## gap> AsSet( triv );
## [ [ 0*Z(3), 0*Z(3), 0*Z(3) ] ]
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareSynonymAttr( "TrivialSubspace", TrivialSubmodule );
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##
#F VectorSpace( <F>, <gens>[, <zero>][, "basis"] )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="VectorSpace">
## <ManSection>
## <Func Name="VectorSpace" Arg='F, gens[, zero][, "basis"]'/>
##
## <Description>
## For a field <A>F</A> and a collection <A>gens</A> of vectors,
## <Ref Func="VectorSpace"/> returns the <A>F</A>-vector space spanned by
## the elements in <A>gens</A>.
## <P/>
## The optional argument <A>zero</A> can be used to specify the zero element
## of the space; <A>zero</A> <E>must</E> be given if <A>gens</A> is empty.
## The optional string <C>"basis"</C> indicates that <A>gens</A> is known to
## be linearly independent over <A>F</A>, in particular the dimension of the
## vector space is immediately set;
## note that <Ref Attr="Basis"/> need <E>not</E> return the basis formed by
## <A>gens</A> if the string <C>"basis"</C> is given as an argument.
## <!-- crossref. to <C>FreeLeftModule</C> as soon as the modules chapter
## is reliable!-->
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> V:= VectorSpace( Rationals, [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 1, 1, 1 ] ] );
## <vector space over Rationals, with 2 generators>
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareGlobalFunction( "VectorSpace" );
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##
#F Subspace( <V>, <gens>[, "basis"] ) . subspace of <V> generated by <gens>
#F SubspaceNC( <V>, <gens>[, "basis"] )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="Subspace">
## <ManSection>
## <Func Name="Subspace" Arg='V, gens[, "basis"]'/>
## <Func Name="SubspaceNC" Arg='V, gens[, "basis"]'/>
##
## <Description>
## For an <M>F</M>-vector space <A>V</A> and a list or collection
## <A>gens</A> that is a subset of <A>V</A>,
## <Ref Func="Subspace"/> returns the <M>F</M>-vector space spanned by
## <A>gens</A>; if <A>gens</A> is empty then the trivial subspace
## (see <Ref Attr="TrivialSubspace"/>) of <A>V</A> is returned.
## The parent (see <Ref Sect="Parents"/>) of the returned vector space
## is set to <A>V</A>.
## <P/>
## <Ref Func="SubspaceNC"/> does the same as <Ref Func="Subspace"/>,
## except that it omits the check whether <A>gens</A> is a subset of
## <A>V</A>.
## <P/>
## The optional string <A>"basis"</A> indicates that <A>gens</A> is known to
## be linearly independent over <M>F</M>.
## In this case the dimension of the subspace is immediately set,
## and both <Ref Func="Subspace"/> and <Ref Func="SubspaceNC"/> do
## <E>not</E> check whether <A>gens</A> really is linearly independent and
## whether <A>gens</A> is a subset of <A>V</A>.
## <!-- crossref. to <C>Submodule</C> as soon as the modules chapter
## is reliable!-->
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> V:= VectorSpace( Rationals, [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 1, 1, 1 ] ] );;
## gap> W:= Subspace( V, [ [ 0, 1, 2 ] ] );
## <vector space over Rationals, with 1 generator>
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareSynonym( "Subspace", Submodule );
DeclareSynonym( "SubspaceNC", SubmoduleNC );
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##
#O AsVectorSpace( <F>, <D> ) . . . . . . . . . view <D> as <F>-vector space
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="AsVectorSpace">
## <ManSection>
## <Oper Name="AsVectorSpace" Arg='F, D'/>
##
## <Description>
## Let <A>F</A> be a division ring and <A>D</A> a domain.
## If the elements in <A>D</A> form an <A>F</A>-vector space then
## <Ref Oper="AsVectorSpace"/> returns this <A>F</A>-vector space,
## otherwise <K>fail</K> is returned.
## <P/>
## <Ref Oper="AsVectorSpace"/> can be used for example to view a given
## vector space as a vector space over a smaller or larger division ring.
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> V:= FullRowSpace( GF( 27 ), 3 );
## ( GF(3^3)^3 )
## gap> Dimension( V ); LeftActingDomain( V );
## 3
## GF(3^3)
## gap> W:= AsVectorSpace( GF( 3 ), V );
## <vector space over GF(3), with 9 generators>
## gap> Dimension( W ); LeftActingDomain( W );
## 9
## GF(3)
## gap> AsVectorSpace( GF( 9 ), V );
## fail
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareSynonym( "AsVectorSpace", AsLeftModule );
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##
#O AsSubspace( <V>, <U> ) . . . . . . . . . . . view <U> as subspace of <V>
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="AsSubspace">
## <ManSection>
## <Oper Name="AsSubspace" Arg='V, U'/>
##
## <Description>
## Let <A>V</A> be an <M>F</M>-vector space, and <A>U</A> a collection.
## If <A>U</A> is a subset of <A>V</A> such that the elements of <A>U</A>
## form an <M>F</M>-vector space then <Ref Oper="AsSubspace"/> returns this
## vector space, with parent set to <A>V</A>
## (see <Ref Oper="AsVectorSpace"/>).
## Otherwise <K>fail</K> is returned.
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> V:= VectorSpace( Rationals, [ [ 1, 2, 3 ], [ 1, 1, 1 ] ] );;
## gap> W:= VectorSpace( Rationals, [ [ 1/2, 1/2, 1/2 ] ] );;
## gap> U:= AsSubspace( V, W );
## <vector space over Rationals, with 1 generator>
## gap> Parent( U ) = V;
## true
## gap> AsSubspace( V, [ [ 1, 1, 1 ] ] );
## fail
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareOperation( "AsSubspace", [ IsVectorSpace, IsCollection ] );
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##
#F Intersection2Spaces( <AsStruct>, <Substruct>, <Struct> )
##
## <ManSection>
## <Func Name="Intersection2Spaces" Arg='AsStruct, Substruct, Struct'/>
##
## <Description>
## is a function that takes two arguments <A>V</A> and <A>W</A> which must
## be finite dimensional vector spaces,
## and returns the intersection of <A>V</A> and <A>W</A>.
## <P/>
## If the left acting domains are different then let <M>F</M> be their
## intersection.
## The intersection of <A>V</A> and <A>W</A> is computed as intersection of
## <C><A>AsStruct</A>( <A>F</A>, <A>V</A> )</C> and
## <C><A>AsStruct</A>( <A>F</A>, <A>V</A> )</C>.
## <P/>
## If the left acting domains are equal to <M>F</M> then the intersection of
## <A>V</A> and <A>W</A> is returned either as <M>F</M>-<A>Substruct</A>
## with the common parent of <A>V</A> and <A>W</A> or as
## <M>F</M>-<A>Struct</A>, in both cases with known basis.
## <P/>
## This function is used to handle the intersections of two vector spaces,
## two algebras, two algebras-with-one, two left ideals, two right ideals,
## two two-sided ideals.
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
##
DeclareGlobalFunction( "Intersection2Spaces" );
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##
#F FullRowSpace( <F>, <n> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="FullRowSpace">
## <ManSection>
## <Func Name="FullRowSpace" Arg='F, n'/>
## <Meth Name="\^" Arg='F, n' Label="for a field and an integer"/>
##
## <Description>
## For a field <A>F</A> and a nonnegative integer <A>n</A>,
## <Ref Func="FullRowSpace"/> returns the <A>F</A>-vector space that
## consists of all row vectors (see <Ref Filt="IsRowVector"/>) of
## length <A>n</A> with entries in <A>F</A>.
## <P/>
## An alternative to construct this vector space is via
## <A>F</A><C>^</C><A>n</A>.
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> FullRowSpace( GF( 9 ), 3 );
## ( GF(3^2)^3 )
## gap> GF(9)^3; # the same as above
## ( GF(3^2)^3 )
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareSynonym( "FullRowSpace", FullRowModule );
DeclareSynonym( "RowSpace", FullRowModule );
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##
#F FullMatrixSpace( <F>, <m>, <n> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="FullMatrixSpace">
## <ManSection>
## <Func Name="FullMatrixSpace" Arg='F, m, n'/>
## <Meth Name="\^" Arg='F, dims'
## Label="for a field and a pair of integers"/>
##
## <Description>
## For a field <A>F</A> and two positive integers <A>m</A> and <A>n</A>,
## <Ref Func="FullMatrixSpace"/> returns the <A>F</A>-vector space that
## consists of all <A>m</A> by <A>n</A> matrices
## (see <Ref Filt="IsMatrix"/>) with entries in <A>F</A>.
## <P/>
## If <A>m</A><C> = </C><A>n</A> then the result is in fact an algebra
## (see <Ref Func="FullMatrixAlgebra"/>).
## <P/>
## An alternative to construct this vector space is via
## <A>F</A><C>^[</C><A>m</A>,<A>n</A><C>]</C>.
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> FullMatrixSpace( GF(2), 4, 5 );
## ( GF(2)^[ 4, 5 ] )
## gap> GF(2)^[ 4, 5 ]; # the same as above
## ( GF(2)^[ 4, 5 ] )
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareSynonym( "FullMatrixSpace", FullMatrixModule );
DeclareSynonym( "MatrixSpace", FullMatrixModule );
DeclareSynonym( "MatSpace", FullMatrixModule );
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##
#C IsSubspacesVectorSpace( <D> )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="IsSubspacesVectorSpace">
## <ManSection>
## <Filt Name="IsSubspacesVectorSpace" Arg='D' Type='Category'/>
##
## <Description>
## The domain of all subspaces of a (finite) vector space or of all
## subspaces of fixed dimension, as returned by <Ref Attr="Subspaces"/>
## (see <Ref Attr="Subspaces"/>) lies in the category
## <Ref Filt="IsSubspacesVectorSpace"/>.
## <Example><![CDATA[
## gap> D:= Subspaces( GF(3)^3 );
## Subspaces( ( GF(3)^3 ) )
## gap> Size( D );
## 28
## gap> iter:= Iterator( D );;
## gap> NextIterator( iter );
## <vector space of dimension 0 over GF(3)>
## gap> NextIterator( iter );
## <vector space of dimension 1 over GF(3)>
## gap> IsSubspacesVectorSpace( D );
## true
## ]]></Example>
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareCategory( "IsSubspacesVectorSpace", IsDomain );
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##
#M IsFinite( <D> ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for a subspaces domain
##
## Returns `true' if <D> is finite.
## We allow subspaces domains in `IsSubspacesVectorSpace' only for finite
## vector spaces.
##
InstallTrueMethod( IsFinite, IsSubspacesVectorSpace );
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##
#A Subspaces( <V>[, <k>] )
##
## <#GAPDoc Label="Subspaces">
## <ManSection>
## <Attr Name="Subspaces" Arg='V[, k]'/>
##
## <Description>
## Called with a finite vector space <A>V</A>,
## <Ref Attr="Subspaces"/> returns the domain of all subspaces of <A>V</A>.
## <P/>
## Called with <A>V</A> and a nonnegative integer <A>k</A>,
## <Ref Attr="Subspaces"/> returns the domain of all <A>k</A>-dimensional
## subspaces of <A>V</A>.
## <P/>
## Special <Ref Attr="Size"/> and <Ref Oper="Iterator"/> methods are
## provided for these domains.
## <!-- <C>Enumerator</C> would also be good ...
## (special treatment for full row spaces,
## other spaces delegate to this)-->
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
## <#/GAPDoc>
##
DeclareAttribute( "Subspaces", IsLeftModule );
DeclareOperation( "Subspaces", [ IsLeftModule, IsInt ] );
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##
#F IsSubspace( <V>, <U> )
##
## <ManSection>
## <Func Name="IsSubspace" Arg='V, U'/>
##
## <Description>
## check that <A>U</A> is a vector space that is contained in <A>V</A>
## <!-- Must also <A>V</A> be a vector space?
## If yes then must <A>V</A> and <A>U</A> have same left acting domain?
## (Is this function useful at all?) -->
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
##
DeclareGlobalFunction( "IsSubspace" );
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##
#A OrthogonalSpaceInFullRowSpace( <U> )
##
## <ManSection>
## <Attr Name="OrthogonalSpaceInFullRowSpace" Arg='U'/>
##
## <Description>
## For a Gaussian row space <A>U</A> over <M>F</M>,
## <Ref Attr="OrthogonalSpaceInFullRowSpace"/>
## returns a complement of <A>U</A> in the full row space of same vector
## dimension as <A>U</A> over <M>F</M>.
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
##
DeclareAttribute( "OrthogonalSpaceInFullRowSpace", IsGaussianSpace );
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##
#P IsVectorSpaceHomomorphism( <map> )
##
## <ManSection>
## <Prop Name="IsVectorSpaceHomomorphism" Arg='map'/>
##
## <Description>
## A mapping <M>f</M> is a vector space homomorphism (or linear mapping)
## if the source and range are vector spaces
## (see <Ref Func="IsVectorSpace"/>)
## over the same division ring <M>D</M>
## (see <Ref Func="LeftActingDomain"/>),
## and if <M>f( a + b ) = f(a) + f(b)</M> and <M>f( s * a ) = s * f(a)</M>
## hold for all elements <M>a</M>, <M>b</M> in the source of <M>f</M> and
## <M>s \in D</M>.
## </Description>
## </ManSection>
##
DeclareProperty( "IsVectorSpaceHomomorphism", IsGeneralMapping );
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