Elementary symmetric functions

class sage.combinat.sf.elementary.SymmetricFunctionAlgebra_elementary(Sym)

Bases: sage.combinat.sf.multiplicative.SymmetricFunctionAlgebra_multiplicative

A class for methods for the elementary basis of the symmetric functions.

INPUT:

  • self – an elementary basis of the symmetric functions
  • Sym – an instance of the ring of symmetric functions
class Element

Bases: sage.combinat.sf.classical.SymmetricFunctionAlgebra_classical.Element

expand(n, alphabet='x')

Expand the symmetric function self as a symmetric polynomial in n variables.

INPUT:

  • n – a nonnegative integer
  • alphabet – (default: 'x') a variable for the expansion

OUTPUT:

A monomial expansion of self in the \(n\) variables labelled by alphabet.

EXAMPLES:

sage: e = SymmetricFunctions(QQ).e()
sage: e([2,1]).expand(3)
x0^2*x1 + x0*x1^2 + x0^2*x2 + 3*x0*x1*x2 + x1^2*x2 + x0*x2^2 + x1*x2^2
sage: e([1,1,1]).expand(2)
x0^3 + 3*x0^2*x1 + 3*x0*x1^2 + x1^3
sage: e([3]).expand(2)
0
sage: e([2]).expand(3)
x0*x1 + x0*x2 + x1*x2
sage: e([3]).expand(4,alphabet='x,y,z,t')
x*y*z + x*y*t + x*z*t + y*z*t
sage: e([3]).expand(4,alphabet='y')
y0*y1*y2 + y0*y1*y3 + y0*y2*y3 + y1*y2*y3
sage: e([]).expand(2)
1
sage: e([]).expand(0)
1
sage: (3*e([])).expand(0)
3
omega()

Return the image of self under the omega automorphism.

The omega automorphism is defined to be the unique algebra endomorphism \(\omega\) of the ring of symmetric functions that satisfies \(\omega(e_k) = h_k\) for all positive integers \(k\) (where \(e_k\) stands for the \(k\)-th elementary symmetric function, and \(h_k\) stands for the \(k\)-th complete homogeneous symmetric function). It furthermore is a Hopf algebra endomorphism and an involution, and it is also known as the omega involution. It sends the power-sum symmetric function \(p_k\) to \((-1)^{k-1} p_k\) for every positive integer \(k\).

The images of some bases under the omega automorphism are given by

\[\omega(e_{\lambda}) = h_{\lambda}, \qquad \omega(h_{\lambda}) = e_{\lambda}, \qquad \omega(p_{\lambda}) = (-1)^{|\lambda| - \ell(\lambda)} p_{\lambda}, \qquad \omega(s_{\lambda}) = s_{\lambda^{\prime}},\]

where \(\lambda\) is any partition, where \(\ell(\lambda)\) denotes the length (length()) of the partition \(\lambda\), where \(\lambda^{\prime}\) denotes the conjugate partition (conjugate()) of \(\lambda\), and where the usual notations for bases are used (\(e\) = elementary, \(h\) = complete homogeneous, \(p\) = powersum, \(s\) = Schur).

omega_involution() is a synonym for the omega() method.

EXAMPLES:

sage: e = SymmetricFunctions(QQ).e()
sage: a = e([2,1]); a
e[2, 1]
sage: a.omega()
e[1, 1, 1] - e[2, 1]

sage: h = SymmetricFunctions(QQ).h()
sage: h(e([2,1]).omega())
h[2, 1]
omega_involution()

Return the image of self under the omega automorphism.

The omega automorphism is defined to be the unique algebra endomorphism \(\omega\) of the ring of symmetric functions that satisfies \(\omega(e_k) = h_k\) for all positive integers \(k\) (where \(e_k\) stands for the \(k\)-th elementary symmetric function, and \(h_k\) stands for the \(k\)-th complete homogeneous symmetric function). It furthermore is a Hopf algebra endomorphism and an involution, and it is also known as the omega involution. It sends the power-sum symmetric function \(p_k\) to \((-1)^{k-1} p_k\) for every positive integer \(k\).

The images of some bases under the omega automorphism are given by

\[\omega(e_{\lambda}) = h_{\lambda}, \qquad \omega(h_{\lambda}) = e_{\lambda}, \qquad \omega(p_{\lambda}) = (-1)^{|\lambda| - \ell(\lambda)} p_{\lambda}, \qquad \omega(s_{\lambda}) = s_{\lambda^{\prime}},\]

where \(\lambda\) is any partition, where \(\ell(\lambda)\) denotes the length (length()) of the partition \(\lambda\), where \(\lambda^{\prime}\) denotes the conjugate partition (conjugate()) of \(\lambda\), and where the usual notations for bases are used (\(e\) = elementary, \(h\) = complete homogeneous, \(p\) = powersum, \(s\) = Schur).

omega_involution() is a synonym for the omega() method.

EXAMPLES:

sage: e = SymmetricFunctions(QQ).e()
sage: a = e([2,1]); a
e[2, 1]
sage: a.omega()
e[1, 1, 1] - e[2, 1]

sage: h = SymmetricFunctions(QQ).h()
sage: h(e([2,1]).omega())
h[2, 1]
verschiebung(n)

Return the image of the symmetric function self under the \(n\)-th Verschiebung operator.

The \(n\)-th Verschiebung operator \(\mathbf{V}_n\) is defined to be the unique algebra endomorphism \(V\) of the ring of symmetric functions that satisfies \(V(h_r) = h_{r/n}\) for every positive integer \(r\) divisible by \(n\), and satisfies \(V(h_r) = 0\) for every positive integer \(r\) not divisible by \(n\). This operator \(\mathbf{V}_n\) is a Hopf algebra endomorphism. For every nonnegative integer \(r\) with \(n \mid r\), it satisfies

\[\mathbf{V}_n(h_r) = h_{r/n}, \quad \mathbf{V}_n(p_r) = n p_{r/n}, \quad \mathbf{V}_n(e_r) = (-1)^{r - r/n} e_{r/n}\]

(where \(h\) is the complete homogeneous basis, \(p\) is the powersum basis, and \(e\) is the elementary basis). For every nonnegative integer \(r\) with \(n \nmid r\), it satisfes

\[\mathbf{V}_n(h_r) = \mathbf{V}_n(p_r) = \mathbf{V}_n(e_r) = 0.\]

The \(n\)-th Verschiebung operator is also called the \(n\)-th Verschiebung endomorphism. Its name derives from the Verschiebung (German for “shift”) endomorphism of the Witt vectors.

The \(n\)-th Verschiebung operator is adjoint to the \(n\)-th Frobenius operator (see frobenius() for its definition) with respect to the Hall scalar product (scalar()).

The action of the \(n\)-th Verschiebung operator on the Schur basis can also be computed explicitly. The following (probably clumsier than necessary) description can be obtained by solving exercise 7.61 in Stanley [STA].

Let \(\lambda\) be a partition. Let \(n\) be a positive integer. If the \(n\)-core of \(\lambda\) is nonempty, then \(\mathbf{V}_n(s_\lambda) = 0\). Otherwise, the following method computes \(\mathbf{V}_n(s_\lambda)\): Write the partition \(\lambda\) in the form \((\lambda_1, \lambda_2, ..., \lambda_{ns})\) for some nonnegative integer \(s\). (If \(n\) does not divide the length of \(\lambda\), then this is achieved by adding trailing zeroes to \(\lambda\).) Set \(\beta_i = \lambda_i + ns - i\) for every \(s \in \{ 1, 2, \ldots, ns \}\). Then, \((\beta_1, \beta_2, ..., \beta_{ns})\) is a strictly decreasing sequence of nonnegative integers. Stably sort the list \((1, 2, \ldots, ns)\) in order of (weakly) increasing remainder of \(-1 - \beta_i\) modulo \(n\). Let \(\xi\) be the sign of the permutation that is used for this sorting. Let \(\psi\) be the sign of the permutation that is used to stably sort the list \((1, 2, \ldots, ns)\) in order of (weakly) increasing remainder of \(i - 1\) modulo \(n\). (Notice that \(\psi = (-1)^{n(n-1)s(s-1)/4}\).) Then, \(\mathbf{V}_n(s_\lambda) = \xi \psi \prod_{i=0}^{n-1} s_{\lambda^{(i)}}\), where \((\lambda^{(0)}, \lambda^{(1)}, \ldots, \lambda^{(n - 1)})\) is the \(n\)-quotient of \(\lambda\).

INPUT:

  • n – a positive integer

OUTPUT:

The result of applying the \(n\)-th Verschiebung operator (on the ring of symmetric functions) to self.

EXAMPLES:

sage: Sym = SymmetricFunctions(ZZ)
sage: e = Sym.e()
sage: e[3].verschiebung(2)
0
sage: e[4].verschiebung(4)
-e[1]

The Verschiebung endomorphisms are multiplicative:

sage: all( all( e(lam).verschiebung(2) * e(mu).verschiebung(2)
....:           == (e(lam) * e(mu)).verschiebung(2)
....:           for mu in Partitions(4) )
....:      for lam in Partitions(4) )
True
coproduct_on_generators(i)

Returns the coproduct on self[i].

INPUT:

  • self – an elementary basis of the symmetric functions
  • i – a nonnegative integer

OUTPUT:

  • returns the coproduct on the elementary generator \(e(i)\)

EXAMPLES:

sage: Sym = SymmetricFunctions(QQ)
sage: e = Sym.elementary()
sage: e.coproduct_on_generators(2)
e[] # e[2] + e[1] # e[1] + e[2] # e[]
sage: e.coproduct_on_generators(0)
e[] # e[]