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We implement two methods to construct faithful representations of nilpotent Lie algebras. This is a first step towards implementing Ado's theorem.

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@tscrim tscrim force-pushed the lie_algebras/faithful_nilpotent branch from 45f5575 to 643d320 Compare April 9, 2024 02:36
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tscrim commented Apr 9, 2024

Last commit should address all of the comments.

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@@ -94,6 +97,44 @@ def _test_representation(self, **options):
for v in S:
tester.assertEqual(x.bracket(y) * v, x * (y * v) - y * (x * v))

def representation_matrix(self, elt):
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The method of this name in sage.modules.with_basis.representation has additional keyword arguments, including side. Should this one too?

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No, the action is only implemented from the left. So it doesn't make sense to have it.

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OK then

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Otherwise LGTM.

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tscrim commented Apr 10, 2024

Thank you.

@vbraun vbraun merged commit c5e0a87 into sagemath:develop Apr 12, 2024
@tscrim tscrim deleted the lie_algebras/faithful_nilpotent branch April 13, 2024 02:32
vbraun pushed a commit to vbraun/sage that referenced this pull request Jun 8, 2024
sagemathgh-37779: Implementing the faithful representation of a generic Lie algebra in positive characteristic
    
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This is a very large representation in general, but it is known to be
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URL: sagemath#37779
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