Unitary Groups \(GU(n,q)\) and \(SU(n,q)\)#
These are \(n \times n\) unitary matrices with entries in \(GF(q^2)\).
EXAMPLES:
sage: # needs sage.rings.finite_rings
sage: G = SU(3,5)
sage: G.order()
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sage: G
Special Unitary Group of degree 3 over Finite Field in a of size 5^2
sage: G.gens()
(
[ a 0 0] [4*a 4 1]
[ 0 2*a + 2 0] [ 4 4 0]
[ 0 0 3*a], [ 1 0 0]
)
sage: G.base_ring()
Finite Field in a of size 5^2
AUTHORS:
David Joyner (2006-03): initial version, modified from special_linear (by W. Stein)
David Joyner (2006-05): minor additions (examples, _latex_, __str__, gens)
William Stein (2006-12): rewrite
Volker Braun (2013-1) port to new Parent, libGAP, extreme refactoring.
Sebastian Oehms (2018-8) add
_UG,invariant_form(), option for user defined invariant bilinear form, and bug-fix in_check_matrix(see github issue #26028)
- sage.groups.matrix_gps.unitary.GU(n, R, var='a', invariant_form=None)#
Return the general unitary group.
The general unitary group \(GU( d, R )\) consists of all \(d \times d\) matrices that preserve a nondegenerate sesquilinear form over the ring \(R\).
Note
For a finite field, the matrices that preserve a sesquilinear form over \(\GF{q}\) live over \(\GF{q^2}\). So
GU(n,q)for a prime power \(q\) constructs the matrix group over the base ringGF(q^2).Note
This group is also available via
groups.matrix.GU().INPUT:
n– a positive integerR– ring or an integer; if an integer is specified, the corresponding finite field is usedvar– (optional, default:'a') variable used to represent generator of the finite field, if neededinvariant_form– (optional) instances being accepted by the matrix-constructor which define a \(n \times n\) square matrix over \(R\) describing the hermitian form to be kept invariant by the unitary group; the form is checked to be non-degenerate and hermitian but not to be positive definite
OUTPUT: The general unitary group.
EXAMPLES:
sage: G = GU(3, 7); G # needs sage.rings.finite_rings General Unitary Group of degree 3 over Finite Field in a of size 7^2 sage: G.gens() # needs sage.rings.finite_rings ( [ a 0 0] [6*a 6 1] [ 0 1 0] [ 6 6 0] [ 0 0 5*a], [ 1 0 0] ) sage: GU(2, QQ) General Unitary Group of degree 2 over Rational Field sage: G = GU(3, 5, var='beta') # needs sage.rings.finite_rings sage: G.base_ring() # needs sage.rings.finite_rings Finite Field in beta of size 5^2 sage: G.gens() # needs sage.rings.finite_rings ( [ beta 0 0] [4*beta 4 1] [ 0 1 0] [ 4 4 0] [ 0 0 3*beta], [ 1 0 0] )
Using the
invariant_formoption:sage: # needs sage.libs.gap sage.rings.number_field sage: UCF = UniversalCyclotomicField(); e5 = UCF.gen(5) sage: m = matrix(UCF, 3, 3, [[1,e5,0], [e5.conjugate(),2,0], [0,0,1]]) sage: G = GU(3, UCF) sage: Gm = GU(3, UCF, invariant_form=m) sage: G == Gm False sage: G.invariant_form() [1 0 0] [0 1 0] [0 0 1] sage: Gm.invariant_form() [ 1 E(5) 0] [E(5)^4 2 0] [ 0 0 1] sage: pm = Permutation((1,2,3)).to_matrix() sage: g = G(pm); g in G; g # needs sage.combinat True [0 0 1] [1 0 0] [0 1 0] sage: Gm(pm) # needs sage.combinat Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: matrix must be unitary with respect to the hermitian form [ 1 E(5) 0] [E(5)^4 2 0] [ 0 0 1] sage: GU(3, 3, invariant_form=[[1,0,0], [0,2,0], [0,0,1]]) # needs sage.libs.pari Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotImplementedError: invariant_form for finite groups is fixed by GAP sage: GU(2, QQ, invariant_form=[[1,0], [2,0]]) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: invariant_form must be non-degenerate
- sage.groups.matrix_gps.unitary.SU(n, R, var='a', invariant_form=None)#
The special unitary group \(SU( d, R )\) consists of all \(d \times d\) matrices that preserve a nondegenerate sesquilinear form over the ring \(R\) and have determinant \(1\).
Note
For a finite field the matrices that preserve a sesquilinear form over \(\GF{q}\) live over \(\GF{q^2}\). So
SU(n,q)for a prime power \(q\) constructs the matrix group over the base ringGF(q^2).Note
This group is also available via
groups.matrix.SU().INPUT:
n– a positive integerR– ring or an integer; if an integer is specified, the corresponding finite field is usedvar– (optional, default:'a') variable used to represent generator of the finite field, if neededinvariant_form– (optional) instances being accepted by the matrix-constructor which define a \(n \times n\) square matrix over R describing the hermitian form to be kept invariant by the unitary group; the form is checked to be non-degenerate and hermitian but not to be positive definite
OUTPUT:
Return the special unitary group.
EXAMPLES:
sage: SU(3,5) # needs sage.rings.finite_rings Special Unitary Group of degree 3 over Finite Field in a of size 5^2 sage: SU(3, GF(5)) # needs sage.rings.finite_rings Special Unitary Group of degree 3 over Finite Field in a of size 5^2 sage: SU(3, QQ) Special Unitary Group of degree 3 over Rational Field
Using the
invariant_formoption:sage: # needs sage.rings.number_field sage: CF3 = CyclotomicField(3); e3 = CF3.gen() sage: m = matrix(CF3, 3, 3, [[1,e3,0], [e3.conjugate(),2,0], [0,0,1]]) sage: G = SU(3, CF3) sage: Gm = SU(3, CF3, invariant_form=m) sage: G == Gm False sage: G.invariant_form() [1 0 0] [0 1 0] [0 0 1] sage: Gm.invariant_form() [ 1 zeta3 0] [-zeta3 - 1 2 0] [ 0 0 1] sage: pm = Permutation((1,2,3)).to_matrix() sage: G(pm) # needs sage.combinat [0 0 1] [1 0 0] [0 1 0] sage: Gm(pm) # needs sage.combinat Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: matrix must be unitary with respect to the hermitian form [ 1 zeta3 0] [-zeta3 - 1 2 0] [ 0 0 1] sage: SU(3, 5, invariant_form=[[1,0,0], [0,2,0], [0,0,3]]) # needs sage.rings.finite_rings Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotImplementedError: invariant_form for finite groups is fixed by GAP
- class sage.groups.matrix_gps.unitary.UnitaryMatrixGroup_generic(degree, base_ring, special, sage_name, latex_string, category=None, invariant_form=None)#
Bases:
NamedMatrixGroup_genericGeneral Unitary Group over arbitrary rings.
EXAMPLES:
sage: G = GU(3, GF(7)); G # needs sage.rings.finite_rings General Unitary Group of degree 3 over Finite Field in a of size 7^2 sage: latex(G) # needs sage.rings.finite_rings \text{GU}_{3}(\Bold{F}_{7^{2}}) sage: G = SU(3, GF(5)); G # needs sage.rings.finite_rings Special Unitary Group of degree 3 over Finite Field in a of size 5^2 sage: latex(G) # needs sage.rings.finite_rings \text{SU}_{3}(\Bold{F}_{5^{2}}) sage: # needs sage.rings.number_field sage: CF3 = CyclotomicField(3); e3 = CF3.gen() sage: m = matrix(CF3, 3, 3, [[1,e3,0], [e3.conjugate(),2,0], [0,0,1]]) sage: G = SU(3, CF3, invariant_form=m) sage: latex(G) \text{SU}_{3}(\Bold{Q}(\zeta_{3}))\text{ with respect to positive definite hermitian form }\left(\begin{array}{rrr} 1 & \zeta_{3} & 0 \\ -\zeta_{3} - 1 & 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}\right)
- invariant_form()#
Return the hermitian form preserved by the unitary group.
OUTPUT: A square matrix describing the bilinear form
EXAMPLES:
sage: SU4 = SU(4, QQ) sage: SU4.invariant_form() [1 0 0 0] [0 1 0 0] [0 0 1 0] [0 0 0 1]
- sage.groups.matrix_gps.unitary.finite_field_sqrt(ring)#
Helper function.
INPUT: A ring.
OUTPUT:
Integer \(q\) such that
ringis the finite field with \(q^2\) elements.EXAMPLES:
sage: from sage.groups.matrix_gps.unitary import finite_field_sqrt sage: finite_field_sqrt(GF(4, 'a')) # needs sage.rings.finite_rings 2