Permutation and matrix groups have a natural action on polynomial rings.

Subsections

• Permutation Group Actions
• Matrix Group Actions

If R is a polynomial ring in n indeterminates x_1, ..., x_n, over any coefficient ring, Sym(n) acts on R by permuting the indices of the indeterminates. Thus, the polynomial f(x_1, ..., x_n) is mapped into the polynomial f(x_(g(1)), ..., x_(g(n))).

f ^ g : RngDPolElt, GrpPermElt -> RngDPolElt

Given a polynomial f belonging to a polynomial ring having n indeterminates, and a permutation g belonging to a subgroup of Sym({ 1, ..., n }), return the image of f under g.

f ^ G : RngDPolElt, GrpPerm -> { RngDPolElt }

Given a polynomial f belonging to a polynomial ring having n indeterminates, and a permutation group G contained in Sym({ 1, ..., n }), return the orbit of f under G.

If R is a polynomial ring in n indeterminates x_1, ..., x_n, over the ring S, then GL(n, S) acts on R as follows: Let x denote the vector (x_1, ..., x_n). Then the image g of a polynomial f of R under the action of a matrix a of GL(n, S) is defined by g(( x)) = f(( x) * a).

f ^ a : RngDPolElt, GrpMatElt -> RngDPolElt

Given a polynomial f belonging to a polynomial ring having n indeterminates and coefficient ring S, and a matrix a belonging to a subgroup of GL(n, S), return the image of f under a.

f ^ G : RngDPolElt, GrpMat -> { RngDPolElt }

Given a polynomial f belonging to a polynomial ring having n indeterminates and coefficient ring S, and a matrix a belonging to a subgroup of GL(n, S), return the orbit of f under G.

> R := QuadraticField(2);
> Aq := [ x / R.1 : x in [1, 1, -1, 1]];
> G := MatrixGroup<2, R | Aq>;
> P<x, y> := PolynomialRing(R, 2);
> f := x^2 + x * y + y^2;
> g := f^G.1;
> print g;
    1/2*x^2 + 3/2*y^2
> print f^G;
{
   1/2*x^2 + 3/2*y^2,
   x^2 - x*y + y^2,
   x^2 + x*y + y^2,
   3/2*x^2 + 1/2*y^2
}