Ring of Laurent Polynomials#

If \(R\) is a commutative ring, then the ring of Laurent polynomials in \(n\) variables over \(R\) is \(R[x_1^{\pm 1}, x_2^{\pm 1}, \ldots, x_n^{\pm 1}]\). We implement it as a quotient ring

\[R[x_1, y_1, x_2, y_2, \ldots, x_n, y_n] / (x_1 y_1 - 1, x_2 y_2 - 1, \ldots, x_n y_n - 1).\]

AUTHORS:

  • David Roe (2008-2-23): created

  • David Loeffler (2009-07-10): cleaned up docstrings

sage.rings.polynomial.laurent_polynomial_ring.LaurentPolynomialRing(base_ring, *args, **kwds)#

Return the globally unique univariate or multivariate Laurent polynomial ring with given properties and variable name or names.

There are four ways to call the Laurent polynomial ring constructor:

  1. LaurentPolynomialRing(base_ring, name,    sparse=False)

  2. LaurentPolynomialRing(base_ring, names,   order='degrevlex')

  3. LaurentPolynomialRing(base_ring, name, n, order='degrevlex')

  4. LaurentPolynomialRing(base_ring, n, name, order='degrevlex')

The optional arguments sparse and order must be explicitly named, and the other arguments must be given positionally.

INPUT:

  • base_ring – a commutative ring

  • name – a string

  • names – a list or tuple of names, or a comma separated string

  • n – a positive integer

  • sparse – bool (default: False), whether or not elements are sparse

  • order – string or TermOrder, e.g.,

    • 'degrevlex' (default) – degree reverse lexicographic

    • 'lex' – lexicographic

    • 'deglex' – degree lexicographic

    • TermOrder('deglex',3) + TermOrder('deglex',3) – block ordering

OUTPUT:

LaurentPolynomialRing(base_ring, name, sparse=False) returns a univariate Laurent polynomial ring; all other input formats return a multivariate Laurent polynomial ring.

UNIQUENESS and IMMUTABILITY: In Sage there is exactly one single-variate Laurent polynomial ring over each base ring in each choice of variable and sparseness. There is also exactly one multivariate Laurent polynomial ring over each base ring for each choice of names of variables and term order.

sage: R.<x,y> = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 2); R                                 # needs sage.modules
Multivariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in x, y over Rational Field
sage: f = x^2 - 2*y^-2                                                          # needs sage.modules

You can’t just globally change the names of those variables. This is because objects all over Sage could have pointers to that polynomial ring.

sage: R._assign_names(['z','w'])                                                # needs sage.modules
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: variable names cannot be changed after object creation.

EXAMPLES:

  1. LaurentPolynomialRing(base_ring, name, sparse=False)

    sage: LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 'w')
    Univariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in w over Rational Field
    

    Use the diamond brackets notation to make the variable ready for use after you define the ring:

    sage: R.<w> = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ)
    sage: (1 + w)^3
    1 + 3*w + 3*w^2 + w^3
    

    You must specify a name:

    sage: LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    TypeError: you must specify the names of the variables
    
    sage: R.<abc> = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, sparse=True); R
    Univariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in abc over Rational Field
    
    sage: R.<w> = LaurentPolynomialRing(PolynomialRing(GF(7),'k')); R
    Univariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in w over
     Univariate Polynomial Ring in k over Finite Field of size 7
    

    Rings with different variables are different:

    sage: LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 'x') == LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 'y')
    False
    
  2. LaurentPolynomialRing(base_ring, names,   order='degrevlex')

    sage: R = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 'a,b,c'); R                              # needs sage.modules
    Multivariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in a, b, c over Rational Field
    
    sage: S = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, ['a','b','c']); S                        # needs sage.modules
    Multivariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in a, b, c over Rational Field
    
    sage: T = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, ('a','b','c')); T                        # needs sage.modules
    Multivariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in a, b, c over Rational Field
    

    All three rings are identical.

    sage: (R is S) and  (S is T)                                                 # needs sage.modules
    True
    

    There is a unique Laurent polynomial ring with each term order:

    sage: # needs sage.modules
    sage: R = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 'x,y,z', order='degrevlex'); R
    Multivariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in x, y, z over Rational Field
    sage: S = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 'x,y,z', order='invlex'); S
    Multivariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in x, y, z over Rational Field
    sage: S is LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 'x,y,z', order='invlex')
    True
    sage: R == S
    False
    
  3. LaurentPolynomialRing(base_ring, name, n, order='degrevlex')

    If you specify a single name as a string and a number of variables, then variables labeled with numbers are created.

    sage: LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 'x', 10)                                     # needs sage.modules
    Multivariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in x0, x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, x6, x7, x8, x9
     over Rational Field
    
    sage: LaurentPolynomialRing(GF(7), 'y', 5)                                   # needs sage.modules
    Multivariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in y0, y1, y2, y3, y4
     over Finite Field of size 7
    
    sage: LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 'y', 3, sparse=True)                         # needs sage.modules
    Multivariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in y0, y1, y2 over Rational Field
    

    By calling the inject_variables() method, all those variable names are available for interactive use:

    sage: R = LaurentPolynomialRing(GF(7), 15, 'w'); R                           # needs sage.modules
    Multivariate Laurent Polynomial Ring in w0, w1, w2, w3, w4, w5, w6, w7,
     w8, w9, w10, w11, w12, w13, w14 over Finite Field of size 7
    sage: R.inject_variables()                                                   # needs sage.modules
    Defining w0, w1, w2, w3, w4, w5, w6, w7, w8, w9, w10, w11, w12, w13, w14
    sage: (w0 + 2*w8 + w13)^2                                                    # needs sage.modules
    w0^2 + 4*w0*w8 + 4*w8^2 + 2*w0*w13 + 4*w8*w13 + w13^2
    
class sage.rings.polynomial.laurent_polynomial_ring.LaurentPolynomialRing_mpair(R)#

Bases: LaurentPolynomialRing_generic

EXAMPLES:

sage: L = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ,2,'x')                                   # needs sage.modules
sage: type(L)                                                               # needs sage.modules
<class
'sage.rings.polynomial.laurent_polynomial_ring.LaurentPolynomialRing_mpair_with_category'>
sage: L == loads(dumps(L))                                                  # needs sage.modules
True
Element#

alias of LaurentPolynomial_mpair

monomial(*args)#

Return the monomial whose exponents are given in argument.

EXAMPLES:

sage: # needs sage.modules
sage: L = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ, 'x', 2)
sage: L.monomial(-3, 5)
x0^-3*x1^5
sage: L.monomial(1, 1)
x0*x1
sage: L.monomial(0, 0)
1
sage: L.monomial(-2, -3)
x0^-2*x1^-3

sage: x0, x1 = L.gens()                                                     # needs sage.modules
sage: L.monomial(-1, 2) == x0^-1 * x1^2                                     # needs sage.modules
True

sage: L.monomial(1, 2, 3)                                                   # needs sage.modules
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
TypeError: tuple key must have same length as ngens
class sage.rings.polynomial.laurent_polynomial_ring.LaurentPolynomialRing_univariate(R)#

Bases: LaurentPolynomialRing_generic

EXAMPLES:

sage: L = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ,'x')
sage: type(L)
<class 'sage.rings.polynomial.laurent_polynomial_ring.LaurentPolynomialRing_univariate_with_category'>
sage: L == loads(dumps(L))
True
Element#

alias of LaurentPolynomial_univariate

sage.rings.polynomial.laurent_polynomial_ring.from_fraction_field(L, x)#

Helper function to construct a Laurent polynomial from an element of its parent’s fraction field.

INPUT:

OUTPUT:

An instance of the element class of L. If the denominator fails to be a unit in L an error is raised.

EXAMPLES:

sage: # needs sage.modules
sage: from sage.rings.polynomial.laurent_polynomial_ring import from_fraction_field
sage: L.<x, y> = LaurentPolynomialRing(ZZ)
sage: F = L.fraction_field()
sage: xi = F(~x)
sage: from_fraction_field(L, xi) == ~x
True
sage.rings.polynomial.laurent_polynomial_ring.is_LaurentPolynomialRing(R)#

Return True if and only if R is a Laurent polynomial ring.

EXAMPLES:

sage: from sage.rings.polynomial.laurent_polynomial_ring import is_LaurentPolynomialRing
sage: P = PolynomialRing(QQ, 2, 'x')
sage: is_LaurentPolynomialRing(P)
doctest:warning...
DeprecationWarning: is_LaurentPolynomialRing is deprecated; use isinstance(...,
sage.rings.polynomial.laurent_polynomial_ring_base.LaurentPolynomialRing_generic) instead
See https://github.com/sagemath/sage/issues/35229 for details.
False

sage: R = LaurentPolynomialRing(QQ,3,'x')                                       # needs sage.modules
sage: is_LaurentPolynomialRing(R)                                               # needs sage.modules
True