Subsections

• Canonical Forms for Matrices over Euclidean Domains
• Canonical Forms for Matrices over a Field

The functions given here apply to matrices defined over Euclidean Domains. See also the section on Reduction in the Lattices chapter for a description of the function LLL and related functions.

EchelonForm(a) : AlgMatElt -> AlgMatElt, AlgMatElt

The (row) echelon form of matrix a belonging to a submodule of the module M_n(S). This function returns two values:

• The (row) echelon form e of a; and
• A matrix b such that b * a = e, i.e. b is a product of elementary matrices that transforms a into echelon form.

The elementary divisors of the matrix a belonging to a submodule of the module M_n(S). The divisors are returned as a sequence [e_1, ..., e_d], e_i | e_(i + 1) (i=1 , ..., d - 1) of d elements of R, where d is the rank of a. If R is a field, the result is always the empty sequence over R.

    Al: MonStg                          Default: "LLL"

    Optimize: BoolElt                   Default: true

    Integral: BoolElt                   Default: true

The row Hermite normal form of an matrix X belonging to the matrix algebra M_n(R). The coefficient ring R must be an Euclidean domain. This function returns two values:

• The Hermite normal form H of X; and
• A unimodular matrix T such that T.X = H, i.e., T is the product of elementary matrices which transforms X into Hermite normal form.

If R is the ring of integers Z and the matrix T is requested (i.e., if an assignment statement is used with two variables on the left side), then the LLL algorithm will be used by default to improve T (using the kernel of X) so that the size of its entries are very small. If the parameter Optimize is set to false, then this will not happen (which will be faster but the entries of T will not be as small). If the parameter Integral is set to true, then the integral (de Weger) LLL method will be used in the LLL step, instead of the default floating point method. The integral method will often be faster if the rank of the kernel of X is very large (say 200 or more).

If R is the ring of integers Z and the parameter Al is set to the string "Sort", then the sorting-gcd algorithm will be used. However, the new algorithm will practically always perform better than the sorting-gcd algorithm.

The Smith normal form for the matrix a belonging to a submodule of the module M_n(S), where S is a Euclidean Domain. This function returns three values:

• The Smith normal form s of a; and
• Unimodular matrices b and c such that b * a * c = s, i.e. b and c are matrices that transform a into Smith normal form.

> K<w> := FiniteField(8);
> M := MatrixAlgebra(K, 4);
> A := M ! [1, w, w^5, 0,  w^3, w^4, w, 1,  w^6, w^3, 1, w^4, 1, w, 1, w ];
> A;
[  1   w w^5   0]
[w^3 w^4   w   1]
[w^6 w^3   1 w^4]
[  1   w   1   w]
> EchelonForm(A);
[1 0 0 0]
[0 1 0 0]
[0 0 1 0]
[0 0 0 1]

The functions in this group apply to elements of matrix algebras whose coefficient rings are fields which allow factorization of univariate polynomials over them.

PrimaryRationalForm(a) : AlgMatElt -> AlgMatElt, AlgMatElt, [ <RngUPolElt, RngIntElt ]

The primary rational canonical form of a matrix a belonging to M_n(K), where the coefficient ring K must be a field allowing factorization of univariate polynomials over it. Each block corresponds to a power of an irreducible polynomial. This function returns three values:

• The primary rational canonical form p of a;
• A non-singular matrix t such that t * a * t^(-1) = p;
• A sequence of pairs corresponding to the blocks of p where each pair consists of the irreducible polynomial and multiplicity making up the block.

The (generalized) Jordan canonical form for the matrix a belonging to the algebra M_n(K), where the coefficient ring K must be a field allowing factorization of univariate polynomials over it. This function returns three values:

• The (generalized) Jordan canonical form j of a;
• A non-singular matrix t such that t * a * t^(-1)= j;
• A sequence of pairs corresponding to the blocks of j where each pair consists of the irreducible polynomial and multiplicity making up the block.

The rational canonical form of a matrix a belonging to M_n(K), where the coefficient ring K must be a field allowing factorization of univariate polynomials over it. For each block before the last block, the polynomial corresponding to that block divides the polynomial corresponding to the next block. This function returns three values:

• The rational canonical form f of a;
• A non-singular matrix t such that t * a * t^(-1) = f;
• A sequence containing the polynomials corresponding to each block (each non-last one dividing the next).

The primary invariant factors of the matrix a. This is the same as the third return value of PrimaryRationalForm(a) or JordanForm(a). The coefficient ring must be a field allowing factorization of univariate polynomials over it.

The invariant factors of the matrix a. This is the same as the third return value of RationalForm(a). The coefficient ring must be a field allowing factorization of univariate polynomials over it.

True iff a is similar to b. If a is similar to b, a transformation matrix t is also returned with t * a * t^(-1)=b. The coefficient ring must be a field allowing factorization of univariate polynomials over it.

> K := GaloisField(5);
> P<x> := PolynomialAlgebra(K);
> M := MatrixAlgebra(P, 5);
> a := M ! [x^i + x^j: i, j in [1..5]];
> a;
[      2*x   x^2 + x   x^3 + x   x^4 + x   x^5 + x]
[  x^2 + x     2*x^2 x^3 + x^2 x^4 + x^2 x^5 + x^2]
[  x^3 + x x^3 + x^2     2*x^3 x^4 + x^3 x^5 + x^3]
[  x^4 + x x^4 + x^2 x^4 + x^3     2*x^4 x^5 + x^4]
[  x^5 + x x^5 + x^2 x^5 + x^3 x^5 + x^4     2*x^5]
> ElementaryDivisors(a);
[
    x,
    x^3 + 3*x^2 + x
]

> K := GF(5);
> P<x> := PolynomialRing(K);    
> A := MatrixAlgebra(K, 5);
> a := A !
> [
>     0, 2, 4, 2, 0,
>     2, 2, 2, 3, 3,
>     3, 4, 4, 1, 3,
>     0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
>     0, 0, 0, 1, 0
> ];
> a;
[0 2 4 2 0]
[2 2 2 3 3]
[3 4 4 1 3]
[0 0 0 0 1]
[0 0 0 1 0]
> PrimaryInvariantFactors(a);
[
    <x + 1, 1>,
    <x + 1, 1>,
    <x + 4, 1>,
    <x + 4, 1>,
    <x + 4, 1>
]
> r, t, f := RationalForm(a);
> r;
[1 0 0 0 0]
[0 0 1 0 0]
[0 1 0 0 0]
[0 0 0 0 1]
[0 0 0 1 0]
> t;
[1 3 0 2 1]
[2 1 2 2 0]
[3 4 3 4 1]
[1 0 0 0 0]
[0 2 4 2 0]
> f;
[
    x + 4,
    x^2 + 4,
    x^2 + 4
]
> PA := MatrixAlgebra(P, 5);
> ax := PA ! x - PA ! a;
> ax;
[    x     3     1     3     0]
[    3 x + 3     3     2     2]
[    2     1 x + 1     4     2]
[    0     0     0     x     4]
[    0     0     0     4     x]
> SmithForm(ax);
[      1       0       0       0       0]
[      0       1       0       0       0]
[      0       0   x + 4       0       0]
[      0       0       0 x^2 + 4       0]
[      0       0       0       0 x^2 + 4]