Permutation group homomorphisms

AUTHORS:

• David Joyner (2006-03-21): first version

• David Joyner (2008-06): fixed kernel and image to return a group, instead of a string.

EXAMPLES:

sage: G = CyclicPermutationGroup(4)
sage: H = DihedralGroup(4)
sage: g = G([(1,2,3,4)])
sage: phi = PermutationGroupMorphism_im_gens(G, H, map(H, G.gens()))
sage: phi.image(G)
Subgroup generated by [(1,2,3,4)] of (Dihedral group of order 8 as a permutation group)
sage: phi.kernel()
Subgroup generated by [()] of (Cyclic group of order 4 as a permutation group)
sage: phi.image(g)
(1,2,3,4)
sage: phi(g)
(1,2,3,4)
sage: phi.codomain()
Dihedral group of order 8 as a permutation group
sage: phi.codomain()
Dihedral group of order 8 as a permutation group
sage: phi.domain()
Cyclic group of order 4 as a permutation group

class sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism.PermutationGroupMorphism

Bases: sage.categories.morphism.Morphism

A set-theoretic map between PermutationGroups.

image(J)

J must be a subgroup of G. Computes the subgroup of H which is the image of J.

EXAMPLES:

sage: G = CyclicPermutationGroup(4)
sage: H = DihedralGroup(4)
sage: g = G([(1,2,3,4)])
sage: phi = PermutationGroupMorphism_im_gens(G, H, map(H, G.gens()))
sage: phi.image(G)
Subgroup generated by [(1,2,3,4)] of (Dihedral group of order 8 as a permutation group)
sage: phi.image(g)
(1,2,3,4)

sage: G = PSL(2,7)
sage: D = G.direct_product(G)
sage: H = D[0]
sage: pr1 = D[3]
sage: pr1.image(G)
Subgroup generated by [(3,7,5)(4,8,6), (1,2,6)(3,4,8)] of (The projective special linear group of degree 2 over Finite Field of size 7)
sage: G.is_isomorphic(pr1.image(G))
True

kernel()

Returns the kernel of this homomorphism as a permutation group.

EXAMPLES:

sage: G = CyclicPermutationGroup(4)
sage: H = DihedralGroup(4)
sage: g = G([(1,2,3,4)])
sage: phi = PermutationGroupMorphism_im_gens(G, H, [1])
sage: phi.kernel()
Subgroup generated by [(1,2,3,4)] of (Cyclic group of order 4 as a permutation group)

sage: G = PSL(2,7)
sage: D = G.direct_product(G)
sage: H = D[0]
sage: pr1 = D[3]
sage: G.is_isomorphic(pr1.kernel())
True

class sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism.PermutationGroupMorphism_from_gap(G, H, gap_hom)

Bases: sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism.PermutationGroupMorphism

This is a Python trick to allow Sage programmers to create a group homomorphism using GAP using very general constructions. An example of its usage is in the direct_product instance method of the PermutationGroup_generic class in permgroup.py.

Basic syntax:

PermutationGroupMorphism_from_gap(domain_group, range_group,’phi:=gap_hom_command;’,’phi’) And don’t forget the line: from sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism import PermutationGroupMorphism_from_gap in your program.

EXAMPLES:

sage: from sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism import PermutationGroupMorphism_from_gap
sage: G = PermutationGroup([[(1,2),(3,4)], [(1,2,3,4)]])
sage: H = G.subgroup([G([(1,2,3,4)])])
sage: PermutationGroupMorphism_from_gap(H, G, gap.Identity)
Permutation group morphism:
  From: Subgroup generated by [(1,2,3,4)] of (Permutation Group with generators [(1,2)(3,4), (1,2,3,4)])
  To:   Permutation Group with generators [(1,2)(3,4), (1,2,3,4)]
  Defn: Identity

class sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism.PermutationGroupMorphism_id

Bases: sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism.PermutationGroupMorphism

class sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism.PermutationGroupMorphism_im_gens(G, H, gens=None)

Bases: sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism.PermutationGroupMorphism

Some python code for wrapping GAP’s GroupHomomorphismByImages function but only for permutation groups. Can be expensive if G is large. Returns “fail” if gens does not generate self or if the map does not extend to a group homomorphism, self - other.

EXAMPLES:

sage: G = CyclicPermutationGroup(4)
sage: H = DihedralGroup(4)
sage: phi = PermutationGroupMorphism_im_gens(G, H, map(H, G.gens())); phi
Permutation group morphism:
  From: Cyclic group of order 4 as a permutation group
  To:   Dihedral group of order 8 as a permutation group
  Defn: [(1,2,3,4)] -> [(1,2,3,4)]
sage: g = G([(1,3),(2,4)]); g
(1,3)(2,4)
sage: phi(g)
(1,3)(2,4)
sage: images = ((4,3,2,1),)
sage: phi = PermutationGroupMorphism_im_gens(G, G, images)
sage: g = G([(1,2,3,4)]); g
(1,2,3,4)
sage: phi(g)
(1,4,3,2)

AUTHORS:

• David Joyner (2006-02)

sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism.is_PermutationGroupMorphism(f)

Returns True if the argument f is a PermutationGroupMorphism.

EXAMPLES:

sage: from sage.groups.perm_gps.permgroup_morphism import is_PermutationGroupMorphism
sage: G = CyclicPermutationGroup(4)
sage: H = DihedralGroup(4)
sage: phi = PermutationGroupMorphism_im_gens(G, H, map(H, G.gens()))
sage: is_PermutationGroupMorphism(phi)
True