# # orthogonal(i,R) builds hereditary orthogonal matrices for the i-th irrep # of W(R) and stores the results in a table. # By default, assume that the simple roots are ordered gracefully. # Add the optional argument 'slow' to indicate an ungraceful order. # Note that this code is not stand alone: it requires quadsolve, sparseops, # clone_test, unpack, orthopt, and the coxeter package to be loaded first. orthogonal:=proc(i,R) local S,S0,j,m,cl,n,ch,tr,b; global Rep,Branch; S:=coxeter['base'](R); n:=nops(S); if n=0 or assigned(Rep[i,n]) then RETURN(`Done`) elif i<0 then RETURN(build_neg(-i,n,R)) fi; m:=coxeter['cox_matrix'](S); m:=[seq(m[j,n],j=1..n)]; if not assigned(Rep[n]) then Rep[n]:=coxeter['irr_chars'](S) fi; if not assigned(Rep[0,n]) then for j while m[j]=2 do od; if m[j]=1 then j:=j+1 fi; Rep[0,n]:=j-1; fi; S0:=subsop(n=NULL,S); if not assigned(Rep[n-1]) then Rep[n-1]:=coxeter['irr_chars'](S0) fi; cl:=clone_test(i,S0,S); b:=Branch[i,n]; if nops(b)<>nops({op(b)}) then b:=fast_prod(Branch[n],Rep[n][i]); if max(op(b))>2 then ERROR(`multiplicities are too high`) fi; b:=map(proc(x,y) if y[x]=1 then x elif y[x]=2 then x,-x fi end, [$1..nops(b)],b); Branch[i,n]:=b; fi; for j in b do orthogonal(j,S0) od; ch:=listchains(i,Rep[0,n],n); b:=map(x->op(1,x),{op(ch)}); if member('slow',[args]) then tr:=slow_trace else tr:=cheap_trace fi; for j in b do Rep[i,n][j]:=map((x,y)->if x[1]=y then x fi,ch,j) od; if traperror(build_op(i,n,m,cl,tr))=lasterror then unassign(Rep[i,n]); ERROR(lasterror) else `Done` fi; end; # The main engine: generates the defining equations; solves them; # verifies; installs the results in tables. build_op:=proc(i,n,m,cl,tr) local a,b,c,eq,j,k,l,T,sol,ch,ch0,ct,st; global Rep; c:=table('symmetric'); ct:=0; st:=time(); for j in [indices(Rep[i,n])] do ch:=Rep[i,n][op(j)]; for k to nops(ch) do Rep[ch[k],n]:=convert( [seq(c[ct+k,ct+l]*e[op(ch[l])],l=1..nops(ch))],`+`); od; ct:=ct+nops(ch); od; ch:=map(op,map(op,[entries(Rep[i,n])])); a:=restore(n,n,ch); eq:=[seq(cat('e',j),j=1..nops(a))]; eq:=braid_eqns(1,fast_prod(a,a),eq); for k from Rep[0,n]+1 to n-1 do ch0:=listchains(i,min(Rep[0,n],Rep[0,k]),n); b:=restore(k,n,ch0); eq:={op(eq),op(braid_eqns(m[k],restore(n,n,ch0),b))}; od; eq:={op(eq),seq(tr(k[1],i,n)-k[2],k=cl),pick_zero(i,n,ch)}; lprint(cat(nops(eq),` equations, `,nops(indets(eq)),` vars`),time()-st); st:=time(); sol:=quadsolve(eq); if nops([sol])=0 then ERROR(`no solution found`) fi; lprint(cat(`found solution `),time()-st); st:=time(); sol:=tri_solve(sol); if simplify(subs(sol,eq),'sqrt')<>{0} then ERROR(`sanity check failed`) fi; for T in ch do Rep[T,n]:=subs(sol,Rep[T,n]) od; lprint(`verification took `,time()-st); if min(op(Branch[i,n]))<0 then st:=time(); orthopt(i,n); lprint(`orthogonal optimization took`,time()-st) fi; NULL end; # Get branching data for restricting the i-th irrep of W(S) to W(S0). # Branch[n] holds the restriction matrix between W(S) and W(S0): # given a character ch for W(S), fast_prod(Branch[n],ch) is the list of # irreducible multiplicities in the restriction of ch to W(S0). get_branch:=proc(i,n,S0,S) local j,f; global Branch; if assigned(Branch[i,n]) then RETURN(Branch[i,n]) fi; if not assigned(Branch[n]) then f:=[seq(cat('e',j),j=1..nops(Rep[n]))]; f:=coxeter['restrict'](f,S0,S); Branch[n]:=map(coxeter['cprod'],Rep[n-1],f,S0); fi; f:=fast_prod(Branch[n],Rep[n][i]); Branch[i,n]:=[seq(j$f[j],j=1..nops(f))] end; # For non-free reps, install into the database a second copy of each # W[n-1]-irrep that occurs with multiplicity two, using a negative index # to distinguish it from the first copy. build_neg:=proc(i,n,R) local j,ch,chn,k; global Rep,Branch; orthogonal(i,R); Branch[-i,n]:=Branch[i,n]; for j in [indices(Rep[i,n])] do ch:=Rep[i,n][op(j)]; chn:=map((x,y)->subsop(nops(x)=y,x),ch,-i); Rep[-i,n][op(j)]:=chn; for k to nops(ch) do Rep[chn[k],n]:=subs( zip((x,y)->e[op(x)]=e[op(y)],ch,chn),Rep[ch[k],n]); od; od; `Done` end; # For non-free reps, identify a set of matrix entries for s[n] whose # vanishing may be used to specify a unique orthogonal model of rational # type. This could fail if we are unlucky and pick matrix entries that # vanish generically by accident. (A more robust implementation would set # error traps for failures and make alternative choices.) # Reference: Section 4A of "Explicit matrices for irreducible..." pick_zero:=proc(i,n,ch) local k,j,u,v,res,neg; k:=n-Rep[0,n]; res:=NULL; neg:=map(proc(x) if x<0 then -x fi end,Branch[i,n]); for j in neg do for u in ch do if u[k]=-j then v:=Rep[i,n][u[1]]; v:=map(proc(x,y,z) if not member(abs(x[z]),y) then x fi end,v,neg,k); if nops(v)>0 then res:=res,coeff(Rep[u,n],e[op(v[1])]); break fi fi od od; res end;