Residue-Class-Wise Affine Groups
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In this chapter, we describe how to construct residue-class-wise affine groups and how to compute with them.

Constructing residue-class-wise affine groups
Group
GroupByGenerators
GroupWithGenerators

As any other groups in &GAP;, residue-class-wise affine groups can be constructed by Group, GroupByGenerators or GroupWithGenerators.

gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,4),ClassShift(0,5)); <rcwa group over Z with 2 generators> gap> IsTame(G); Size(G); IsSolvable(G); IsPerfect(G); true infinity false false
View
Display
Print
String

There are methods for the operations View, Display, Print and String which are applicable to rcwa groups. All rcwa groups over a ring R are subgroups of RCWA(R). The group RCWA(R) itself is not finitely generated, thus cannot be constructed as described above. It is handled as a special case:

The group RCWA(R) of all residue-class-wise affine permutations of the ring R.
gap> RCWA_Z := RCWA(Integers); RCWA(Z) gap> IsSubgroup(RCWA_Z,G); true

Examples of rcwa permutations can be obtained via Random(RCWA(R)), see Section .

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We denote the group which is generated by all class transpositions of the ring R by CT(R). This group is handled as a special case as well:

The group CT(R) which is generated by all class transpositions of the ring R.
gap> CT_Z := CT(Integers); CT(Z) gap> IsSimple(CT_Z); # One of a longer list of stored attributes/properties. true gap> IsSubgroup(CT_Z,G); false

Another way of constructing an rcwa group is taking the image of an rcwa representation:

A monomorphism from the group G to RCWA(R) or to RCWA(\mathbb{Z}), respectively.
The best-supported case is R = \mathbb{Z}. Currently there are methods available for finite groups, for free products of finite groups and for free groups. The method for free products of finite groups uses the Table-Tennis Lemma (cf. e.g. Section II.B. in ), and the method for free groups uses an adaptation of the construction given on page 27 in from PSL(2,\mathbb{C}) to RCWA(\mathbb{Z}).

gap> F := FreeProduct(Group((1,2)(3,4),(1,3)(2,4)),Group((1,2,3)), > SymmetricGroup(3)); <fp group on the generators [ f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 ]> gap> IsomorphismRcwaGroup(F); [ f1, f2, f3, f4, f5 ] -> [ <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 12>, <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 24>, <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 12>, <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 72>, <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 36> ] gap> IsomorphismRcwaGroup(FreeGroup(2)); [ f1, f2 ] -> [ <wild bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 8>, <wild bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 8> ] gap> F2 := Image(last); <wild rcwa group over Z with 2 generators>

The class of groups which can faithfully be represented as rcwa groups over the integers is closed under taking direct products, under taking wreath products with finite groups and under taking wreath products with the infinite cyclic group (\mathbb{Z},+). Therefore these operations can be used to build rcwa groups as well:

An rcwa group isomorphic to the direct product of the rcwa groups over \mathbb{Z} given as arguments.
There is certainly no unique or canonical way to embed a direct product of rcwa groups into RCWA(\mathbb{Z}). This method chooses to embed the groups G1, G2, G3 ... via restrictions by n \mapsto mn, n \mapsto mn+1, n \mapsto mn+2 ... (\rightarrow ), where m denotes the number of groups given as arguments. gap> F2 := Image(IsomorphismRcwaGroup(FreeGroup(2)));; gap> F2xF2 := DirectProduct(F2,F2); <wild rcwa group over Z with 4 generators> gap> Image(Projection(F2xF2,1)) = F2; true
WreathProduct (for an rcwa group over Z, with a permutation group or (\mathbb{Z},+))
An rcwa group isomorphic to the wreath product of the rcwa group G over \mathbb{Z} with the finite permutation group P or with the infinite cyclic group Z, respectively.
The first-mentioned method embeds the DegreeAction(P)th direct power of G using the method for DirectProduct, and lets the permutation group P act naturally on the set of residue classes modulo DegreeAction(P). The second-mentioned method restricts (\rightarrow ) the group G to the residue class 3(4), and maps the generator of the infinite cyclic group Z to ClassTransposition(0,2,1,2) * ClassTransposition(0,2,1,4). gap> F2 := Image(IsomorphismRcwaGroup(FreeGroup(2)));; gap> F2wrA5 := WreathProduct(F2,AlternatingGroup(5));; gap> Embedding(F2wrA5,1); [ <wild bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 8>, <wild bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 8> ] -> [ <wild bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 40>, <wild bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 40> ] gap> Embedding(F2wrA5,2); [ (1,2,3,4,5), (3,4,5) ] -> [ <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 5, of order 5>, <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 5, of order 3> ] gap> ZwrZ := WreathProduct(Group(ClassShift(0,1)),Group(ClassShift(0,1))); <wild rcwa group over Z with 2 generators> gap> Embedding(ZwrZ,1); [ ClassShift(0,1) ] -> [ <tame bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 4, of order infinity> ] gap> Embedding(ZwrZ,2); [ ClassShift(0,1) ] -> [ <wild bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 4> ]

Many of the above group constructions are based on certain monomorphisms from the group RCWA(R) into itself. The support of the image of such a monomorphism is the image of a given injective rcwa mapping. For this reason, these monomorphisms are called restriction monomorphisms. The following operation computes images of rcwa mappings and -groups under them:

Restriction (of an rcwa mapping or -group, by an injective rcwa mapping)
The restriction of the rcwa mapping g (respectively the rcwa group G) by the injective rcwa mapping f.
By definition, the restriction g_f of an rcwa mapping g by an injective rcwa mapping f is the unique rcwa mapping which satisfies the equation f \cdot g_f = g \cdot f and which fixes the complement of the image of f pointwise. If f is bijective, the restriction of g by f is just the conjugate of g under f.

The restriction of an rcwa group G by an injective rcwa mapping f is defined as the group whose elements are the restrictions of the elements of G by f. The restriction of G by f acts on the image of f and fixes its complement pointwise. gap> F2tilde := Restriction(F2,RcwaMapping([[5,3,1]])); <wild rcwa group over Z with 2 generators> gap> Support(F2tilde); 3(5)
Induction (of an rcwa mapping or -group, by an injective rcwa mapping)
The induction of the rcwa mapping g (respectively the rcwa group G) by the injective rcwa mapping f.
Induction
is the right inverse of restriction, i.e. it is Induction(Restriction(g,f),f) = g and Induction(Restriction(G,f),f) = G. The mapping g respectively the group G must not move points outside the image of f. gap> Induction(F2tilde,RcwaMapping([[5,3,1]])) = F2; true
rcwa group
rcwa group
rcwa group
rcwa group
rcwa group
rcwa group
Modulus
Mod
ModulusOfRcwaMonoid
Multiplier
Mult
Divisor
Div
PrimeSet
IsIntegral
IsClassWiseOrderPreserving
IsSignPreserving

Basic attributes of an rcwa group which are derived from the coefficients of its elements are Modulus, Multiplier, Divisor and PrimeSet. The modulus of an rcwa group is the lcm of the moduli of its elements if such an lcm exists, i.e. if the group is tame, and 0 otherwise. The multiplier respectively divisor of an rcwa group is the lcm of the multipliers respectively divisors of its elements in case such an lcm exists and \infty otherwise. The prime set of an rcwa group is the union of the prime sets of its elements. There are shorthands Mod, Mult and Div defined for Modulus, Multiplier and Divisor, respectively. An rcwa group is called integral respectively class-wise order-preserving if all of its elements are so. There are corresponding methods available for IsIntegral and IsClassWiseOrderPreserving. There is a property IsSignPreserving, which indicates whether a given rcwa group over \mathbb{Z} acts on the set of nonnegative integers. The latter holds for any subgroup of CT(\mathbb{Z}).

gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,2),ClassTransposition(1,3,2,6), > ClassReflection(2,4)); <rcwa group over Z with 3 generators> gap> List([Modulus,Multiplier,Divisor,PrimeSet,IsIntegral, > IsClassWiseOrderPreserving,IsSignPreserving],f->f(G)); [ 24, 2, 2, [ 2, 3 ], false, false, false ]
Basic routines for investigating residue-class-wise affine groups

In the previous section we have seen how to construct rcwa groups. The purpose of this section is to describe how to obtain information on the structure of an rcwa group and on its action on the underlying ring. The easiest way to get some information on the group structure is a dedicated method for the operation StructureDescription:

A string which describes the structure of the rcwa group G to some extent.
The attribute StructureDescription for finite groups is documented in the &GAP; Reference Manual. Therefore we describe here only issues which are specific to infinite groups, and in particular to rcwa groups.

Wreath products are denoted by wr, and free products are denoted by *. The infinite cyclic group (\mathbb{Z},+) is denoted by Z, the infinite dihedral group is denoted by D0 and free groups of rank 2,3,4,\dots are denoted by F2, F3, F4, \dots. While for finite groups the symbol . is used to denote a non-split extension, for rcwa groups in general it stands for an extension which may be split or not. For wild groups in most cases it happens that there is a large section on which no structural information can be obtained. Such sections of the group with unknown structure are denoted by <unknown>. In general, the structure of a section denoted by <unknown> can be very complicated and very difficult to exhibit. While for isomorphic finite groups always the same structure description is computed, this cannot be guaranteed for isomorphic rcwa groups. gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,4),ClassShift(0,5));; gap> StructureDescription(G); "(Z x Z x Z x Z x Z x Z x Z) . (C2 x S7)" gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,4), > ClassShift(2,4),ClassReflection(1,2));; gap> StructureDescription(G:short); "Z^2.((S3xS3):2)" gap> F2 := Image(IsomorphismRcwaGroup(FreeGroup(2)));; gap> PSL2Z := Image(IsomorphismRcwaGroup(FreeProduct(CyclicGroup(3), > CyclicGroup(2))));; gap> G := DirectProduct(PSL2Z,F2); <wild rcwa group over Z with 4 generators> gap> StructureDescription(G); "(C3 * C2) x F2" gap> G := WreathProduct(G,CyclicGroup(IsRcwaGroupOverZ,infinity)); <wild rcwa group over Z with 5 generators> gap> StructureDescription(G); "((C3 * C2) x F2) wr Z" gap> Collatz := RcwaMapping([[2,0,3],[4,-1,3],[4,1,3]]);; gap> G := Group(Collatz,ClassShift(0,1));; gap> StructureDescription(G:short); "<unknown>.Z"

However the extent to which the structure of an rcwa group can be exhibited automatically is certainly limited. In general, one can find out much more about the structure of a given rcwa group in an interactive session using the functionality described in the rest of this section and elsewhere in this manual.

Size

The order of an rcwa group can be computed by the operation Size. An rcwa group is finite if and only if it is tame and its action on a suitably chosen respected partition (see ) is faithful. Hence the problem of computing the order of an rcwa group reduces to the problem of deciding whether it is tame, the problem of deciding whether it acts faithfully on a respected partition and the problem of computing the order of the finite permutation group induced on the respected partition.

gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,2),ClassTransposition(1,3,2,3), > ClassReflection(0,5)); <rcwa group over Z with 3 generators> gap> Size(G); 46080
IsomorphismPermGroup

For a finite rcwa group, an isomorphism to a permutation group can be computed by IsomorphismPermGroup:

gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,2),ClassTransposition(0,3,1,3));; gap> IsomorphismPermGroup(G); [ ClassTransposition(0,2,1,2), ClassTransposition(0,3,1,3) ] -> [ (1,2)(3,4)(5,6), (1,2)(4,5) ]
rcwa group

Next we say a few words about the membership test for rcwa groups. For tame rcwa groups, membership or non-membership can always be decided. For wild groups, membership or non-membership can very often be decided quite quick as well, but not always. On Info level 2 of InfoRCWA the membership test provides information on reasons why the given rcwa permutation is an element of the given rcwa group or not.

The direct product of two free groups of rank 2 can faithfully be represented as an rcwa group. According to this implies that in general the membership problem for rcwa groups is algorithmically undecidable.

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gap> G := Group(ClassShift(0,3),ClassTransposition(0,3,2,6));; gap> ClassShift(2,6)^7 * ClassTransposition(0,3,2,6) > * ClassShift(0,3)^-3 in G; true gap> ClassShift(0,1) in G; false
rcwa group
IsConjugate
IsConjugate

The conjugacy problem for rcwa groups is difficult, and &RCWA; provides only methods to solve it in some reasonably easy cases.

gap> IsConjugate(RCWA(Integers), > ClassTransposition(0,2,1,4),ClassShift(0,1)); false gap> IsConjugate(CT(Integers),ClassTransposition(0,2,1,6), > ClassTransposition(1,4,0,8)); true gap> g := RepresentativeAction(CT(Integers),ClassTransposition(0,2,1,6), > ClassTransposition(1,4,0,8)); <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 48> gap> ClassTransposition(0,2,1,6)^g = ClassTransposition(1,4,0,8); true
NrConjugacyClassesOfRCWAZOfOrder

The number of conjugacy classes of RCWA(\mathbb{Z}) of elements of given order is known, cf. Corollary 2.7.1 (b) in . It can be determined by the function NrConjugacyClassesOfRCWAZOfOrder:

gap> List([2,105],NrConjugacyClassesOfRCWAZOfOrder); [ infinity, 218 ]
IsTame
There is a property IsTame which indicates whether an rcwa group is tame or not:

gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,4),ClassShift(1,3));; gap> H := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,6),ClassShift(1,3));; gap> IsTame(G); true gap> IsTame(H); false
IsSolvable
IsPerfect
DerivedSubgroup
Index
IsomorphismMatrixGroup
Exponent

For tame rcwa groups, there are methods for IsSolvable and IsPerfect available, and usually derived subgroups and subgroup indices can be computed as well. Linear representations of tame groups over the rationals can be determined by the operation IsomorphismMatrixGroup. Testing a wild group for solvability or perfectness is currently not always feasible, and wild groups have in general no faithful finite-dimensional linear representations. There is a method for Exponent available, which works basically for any rcwa group.

gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,4),ClassShift(1,2));; gap> IsPerfect(G); false gap> IsSolvable(G); true gap> D1 := DerivedSubgroup(G);; D2 := DerivedSubgroup(D1);; gap> IsAbelian(D2); true gap> Index(G,D1); Index(D1,D2); infinity 9 gap> StructureDescription(G); StructureDescription(D1); "(Z x Z x Z) . S3" "(Z x Z) . C3" gap> Q := D1/D2; Group([ (), (1,2,4)(3,5,7)(6,8,9), (1,3,6)(2,5,8)(4,7,9) ]) gap> StructureDescription(Q); "C3 x C3" gap> Exponent(G); infinity gap> phi := IsomorphismMatrixGroup(G);; gap> Display(Image(phi,ClassTransposition(0,2,1,4))); [ [ 0, 0, 1/2, -1/2, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0 ], [ 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0 ], [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ] ]

When investigating a group, a basic task is to find relations among the generators:

An epimorphism from a finitely presented group to the rcwa group G.
The argument r is the search radius, i.e. the radius of the ball around 1 which is scanned for relations. In general, the larger r is chosen the smaller the kernel of the returned epimorphism is. If the group G has finite presentations, the kernel will in principle get trivial provided that r is chosen large enough.

Both the performance and the returned epimorphism depend on whether the package `FR` is present or not.

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gap> a := ClassTransposition(2,4,3,4 :Name:="a");; gap> b := ClassTransposition(4,6,8,12:Name:="b");; gap> c := ClassTransposition(3,4,4,6 :Name:="c");; gap> G := Group(a,b,c); <rcwa group over Z with 3 generators> gap> phi := EpimorphismFromFpGroup(G,6); [ a, b, c ] -> [ a, b, c ] gap> RelatorsOfFpGroup(Source(phi)); [ a^2, b^2, c^2, c*b*c*b*c*b, c*b*c*a*c*b*c*a*c*b*c*a, b*a*b*a*b*a*b*a*b*a*b*a ]

A related very common task is to factor group elements into generators:

A representative of the set of preimages of g under the epimorphism phi from a free group to an rcwa group.
The epimorphism phi must map the generators of the free group to the generators of the rcwa group one-by-one.

This method can be used for factoring elements of rcwa groups into generators. The implementation is based on RepresentativeActionPreImage, see .

PreImagesRepresentatives

Quite frequently, computing several preimages is not harder than computing just one, i.e. often several preimages are found simultaneously. The operation PreImagesRepresentatives takes care of this. It takes the same arguments as PreImagesRepresentative and returns a list of preimages. If multiple preimages are found, their quotients give rise to nontrivial relations among the generators of the image of phi. gap> a := RcwaMapping([[2,0,3],[4,-1,3],[4,1,3]]);; SetName(a,"a"); gap> b := ClassShift(0,1:Name:="b");; gap> G := Group(a,b);; # G = <<Collatz permutation>, n -> n + 1> gap> phi := EpimorphismFromFreeGroup(G);; gap> g := Comm(a^2*b^4,a*b^3); # a sample element to be factored <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 8> gap> PreImagesRepresentative(phi,g); # -> a factorization of g b^-4*a^-1*b^-1*a^-1*b^3*a*b^-1*a*b^3 gap> g = b^-4*a^-1*b^-1*a^-1*b^3*a*b^-1*a*b^3; # check true gap> g := Comm(a*b,Comm(a,b^3)); <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 8> gap> pre := PreImagesRepresentatives(phi,g); [ b^-1*a^-1*b^-1*a^-1*b^3*a*b*a*b^-2, b^-1*a^-1*b*a^-1*b^3*a*b^-1*a*b^-2 ] gap> rel := CyclicallyReducedWord(pre[1]/pre[2]); # -> a nontriv. relation b^-1*a^-1*b^3*a*b^2*a^-1*b^-3*a*b^-1 gap> rel^phi; IdentityMapping( Integers )
The natural action of an rcwa group on the underlying ring

Knowing a natural permutation representation of a group usually helps significantly in computing in it and in obtaining results on its structure. This holds particularly for the natural action of an rcwa group on its underlying ring. In this section we describe &RCWA;'s functionality related to this action.

Support
MovedPoints
IsTransitive

The support, i.e. the set of moved points, of an rcwa group can be determined by Support or MovedPoints (these are synonyms). Testing for transitivity on the underlying ring is often feasible:

gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(1,2,0,4),ClassShift(0,2));; gap> IsTransitive(G,Integers); true

There are methods to compute orbits under the action of an rcwa group:

Orbit (for an rcwa group and either a point or a set)
The orbit of the point point respectively the set set under the natural action of the rcwa group G on its underlying ring.
The second argument can either be an element or a subset of the underlying ring of the rcwa group G. Since orbits under the action of rcwa groups can be finite or infinite, and since infinite orbits are not necessarily residue class unions, the orbit may either be returned in the form of a list, in the form of a residue class union or in the form of an orbit object. It is possible to loop over orbits returned as orbit objects, they can be compared and there is a membership test for them. However note that equality and membership for such orbits cannot always be decided. gap> G := Group(ClassShift(0,2),ClassTransposition(0,3,1,3)); <rcwa group over Z with 2 generators> gap> Orbit(G,0); Z \ 5(6) gap> Orbit(G,5); [ 5 ] gap> Orbit(G,ResidueClass(0,2)); [ 0(2), 1(6) U 2(6) U 3(6), 1(3) U 3(6), 0(3) U 1(6), 0(3) U 4(6), 1(3) U 0(6), 0(3) U 2(6), 0(6) U 1(6) U 2(6), 2(6) U 3(6) U 4(6), 1(3) U 2(6) ] gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,2),ClassTransposition(0,2,1,4), > ClassReflection(0,3)); <rcwa group over Z with 3 generators> gap> orb := Orbit(G,2); <orbit of 2 under <wild rcwa group over Z with 3 generators>> gap> 1015808 in orb; true gap> First(orb,n->ForAll([n,n+2,n+6,n+8,n+30,n+32,n+36,n+38],IsPrime)); -19

&RCWA; permits drawing pictures of orbits of rcwa groups on \mathbb{Z}^2. The pictures are written to files in bitmap- (bmp-) format. The author has successfully tested this feature both under Linux and under Windows, and the produced pictures can be processed further with many common graphics programs:

Nothing.
Draws a picture of the orbit(s) of the point(s) p0 under the action of the group G on \mathbb{Z}^2. The argument p0 is either one point or a list of points. The argument r denotes the radius of the ball around p0 to be computed. The size of the created picture is h x w pixels. The argument colored is a boolean which indicates whether a 24-bit True-Color picture or a monochrome picture should be drawn. In the former case, palette must be a list of triples of integers in the range 0, \dots, 255, denoting the RGB values of colors to be used. In the latter case, palette is not used, and any value can be passed. The picture is written in bitmap- (bmp-) format to a file named filename. This is done using the utility function . gap> PSL2Z := Image(IsomorphismRcwaGroup(FreeProduct(CyclicGroup(2), > CyclicGroup(3))));; gap> DrawOrbitPicture(PSL2Z,[0,1],20,512,512,false,fail,"example1.bmp"); gap> DrawOrbitPicture(PSL2Z,Combinations([1..4],2),20,512,512,true, > [[255,0,0],[0,255,0],[0,0,255]],"example2.bmp");

The pictures drawn in the examples are shown on &RCWA;'s webpage.

Finite orbits give rise to finite quotients of a group, and finite cycles can help to check for conjugacy. Therefore it is important to be able to determine them:

ShortOrbits (for rcwa groups) & ShortCycles (for rcwa permutations)
In the first form a list of all finite orbits of the rcwa group G of length at most maxlng which intersect nontrivially with the set S.

In the second form a list of all cycles of the rcwa permutation g of length at most maxlng which intersect nontrivially with the set S.

In the third form a list of all cycles of the rcwa permutation g of length at most maxlng which do not correspond to cycles consisting of residue classes.
gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(1,4,2,4)*ClassTransposition(1,4,3,4), > ClassTransposition(3,9,6,18)*ClassTransposition(1,6,3,9));; gap> List(ShortOrbits(G,[-15..15],100), > orb->StructureDescription(Action(G,orb))); [ "A15", "A4", "1", "1", "C3", "1", "((C2 x C2 x C2) : C7) : C3", "1", "1", "C3", "A19" ] gap> ShortCycles(mKnot(7),[1..100],20); [ [ 1 ], [ 2 ], [ 3 ], [ 4 ], [ 5 ], [ 6 ], [ 7, 8 ], [ 9, 10 ], [ 11, 12 ], [ 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 19, 17, 15 ], [ 21, 24 ], [ 23, 26 ], [ 25, 28, 32, 36, 31, 27, 30, 34, 38, 33, 29 ], [ 35, 40 ], [ 37, 42, 48, 54, 47, 41, 46, 52, 45, 39, 44, 50, 43 ], [ 77, 88, 100, 114, 130, 148, 127, 109, 124, 107, 122, 105, 120, 103, 89 ] ]

Frequently one needs to compute balls of certain radius around points or group elements, be it to estimate the growth of a group, be it to see how an orbit looks like, be it to search for a group element with certain properties or be it for other purposes:

Ball (for group, element and radius or group, point, radius and action)
The ball of radius r around the element g in the group G, respectively the ball of radius r around the point p under the action action of the group G.
All balls are understood with respect to GeneratorsOfGroup(G). As membership tests can be expensive, the former method does not check whether g is indeed an element of G. The methods require that element- / point comparisons are cheap. They are not only applicable to rcwa groups. If the option Spheres is set, the ball is splitted up and returned as a list of spheres. gap> PSL2Z := Image(IsomorphismRcwaGroup(FreeProduct(CyclicGroup(2), > CyclicGroup(3))));; gap> List([1..10],k->Length(Ball(PSL2Z,[0,1],k,OnTuples))); [ 4, 8, 14, 22, 34, 50, 74, 106, 154, 218 ] gap> Ball(Group((1,2),(2,3),(3,4)),(),2:Spheres); [ [ () ], [ (3,4), (2,3), (1,2) ], [ (2,3,4), (2,4,3), (1,2)(3,4), (1,2,3), (1,3,2) ] ]

It is possible to determine group elements which map a given tuple of elements of the underlying ring to a given other tuple, if such elements exist:

An element of G which maps source to destination under the action given by action.
If an element satisfying this condition does not exist, this method either returns fail or runs into an infinite loop. The problem whether source and destination lie in the same orbit under the action action of G is hard, and in its general form most likely computationally undecidable.

RepresentativeActionPreImage

In cases where rather a word in the generators of G than the actual group element is needed, one should use the operation RepresentativeActionPreImage instead. This operation takes five arguments. The first four are the same as those of RepresentativeAction, and the fifth is a free group whose generators are to be used as letters of the returned word. Note that RepresentativeAction calls RepresentativeActionPreImage and evaluates the returned word. The evaluation of the word can very well take most of the time if G is wild and coefficient explosion occurs.

The algorithm is based on computing balls of increasing radius around source and destination until they intersect nontrivially. gap> a := RcwaMapping([[2,0,3],[4,-1,3],[4,1,3]]);; SetName(a,"a"); gap> b := ClassShift(1,4:Name:="b");; G := Group(a,b);; gap> elm := RepresentativeAction(G,[7,4,9],[4,5,13],OnTuples);; gap> Display(elm); Bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 12 n mod 12 | n^f ------------------------------------+------------------------------------ 0 2 3 6 8 11 | n 1 7 10 | n - 3 4 | n + 1 5 9 | n + 4 gap> List([7,4,9],n->n^elm); [ 4, 5, 13 ] gap> elm := RepresentativeAction(G,[6,-3,8],[-9,4,11],OnPoints);; gap> Display(elm); Bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 12 n mod 12 | n^f ------------------------------------+------------------------------------ 0 3 6 | 2n/3 1 | (2n - 8)/3 2 8 11 | (4n + 1)/3 4 7 10 | (4n - 1)/3 5 | (4n - 17)/3 9 | (4n - 15)/3 gap> [6,-3,8]^elm; List([6,-3,8],n->n^elm); # `OnPoints' allows reordering [ -9, 4, 11 ] [ 4, -9, 11 ] gap> F := FreeGroup("a","b");; phi := EpimorphismByGenerators(F,G);; gap> w := RepresentativeActionPreImage(G,[10,-4,9,5],[4,5,13,-8], > OnTuples,F); a*b^-1*a^-1*b^-1*a*b^-1*a*b*a*b^-2*a*b*a^-1*b gap> elm := w^phi; <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 324> gap> List([10,-4,9,5],n->n^elm); [ 4, 5, 13, -8 ]

Sometimes an rcwa group fixes a certain partition of the underlying ring into unions of residue classes. If this happens, then any orbit is clearly a subset of exactly one of these parts. Further, such a partition often gives rise to proper quotients of the group:

The projections of the rcwa group G to the unions of residue classes (mod m) which it fixes setwise.
The corresponding partition of a set of representatives for the residue classes (mod m) can be obtained by the operation OrbitsModulo(G,m). OrbitsModulo gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,2,1,2),ClassShift(3,4));; gap> Projections(G,4); [ [ ClassTransposition(0,2,1,2), ClassShift(3,4) ] -> [ <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 4>, IdentityMapping( Integers ) ], [ ClassTransposition(0,2,1,2), ClassShift(3,4) ] -> [ <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 4>, <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 4> ] ] gap> List(last,phi->Support(Image(phi))); [ 0(4) U 1(4), 2(4) U 3(4) ]

Given two partitions of the underlying ring into the same number of unions of residue classes, there is always an rcwa permutation which maps the one to the other:

An element of RCWA(R) which maps the partition P1 to P2.
The arguments P1 and P2 must be partitions of the underlying ring R into the same number of unions of residue classes. The method for R = \mathbb{Z} recognizes the option IsTame, which can be used to demand a tame result. If this option is set and there is no tame rcwa permutation which maps P1 to P2, the method runs into an infinite loop. This happens if the condition in Theorem 2.8.9 in is not satisfied. If the option IsTame is not set and the partitions P1 and P2 both consist entirely of single residue classes, then the returned mapping is affine on any residue class in P1. gap> P1 := AllResidueClassesModulo(3); [ 0(3), 1(3), 2(3) ] gap> P2 := List([[0,2],[1,4],[3,4]],ResidueClass); [ 0(2), 1(4), 3(4) ] gap> elm := RepresentativeAction(RCWA(Integers),P1,P2); <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 3> gap> P1^elm = P2; true gap> IsTame(elm); false gap> elm := RepresentativeAction(RCWA(Integers),P1,P2:IsTame); <tame bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 24> gap> P1^elm = P2; true gap> elm := RepresentativeAction(RCWA(Integers), > [ResidueClass(1,3), > ResidueClassUnion(Integers,3,[0,2])], > [ResidueClassUnion(Integers,5,[2,4]), > ResidueClassUnion(Integers,5,[0,1,3])]); <bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 6> gap> [ResidueClass(1,3),ResidueClassUnion(Integers,3,[0,2])]^elm; [ 2(5) U 4(5), Z \ 2(5) U 4(5) ]
Special attributes of tame residue-class-wise affine groups

There are a couple of attributes which a priori make only sense for tame rcwa groups. With their help, various structural information about a given such group can be obtained. We have already seen above that there are for example methods for IsSolvable, IsPerfect and DerivedSubgroup available for tame rcwa groups, while testing wild groups for solvability or perfectness is currently not always feasible. The purpose of this section is to describe the specific attributes of tame groups which are needed for these computations.

RespectedPartition (of a tame rcwa group or -permutation)
A respected partition of the rcwa group G / of the rcwa permutation g.
A tame element g \in RCWA(R) permutes a partition of R into finitely many residue classes on all of which it is affine. Given a tame group G < RCWA(R), there is a common such partition for all elements of G. We call the mentioned partitions respected partitions of g or G, respectively.

An rcwa group or an rcwa permutation has a respected partition if and only if it is tame. This holds either by definition or by Theorem 2.5.8 in , depending on how one introduces the notion of tameness.

RespectedPartitionShort
RespectedPartitionShort
RespectedPartitionLong
RespectedPartitionLong
Related attributes are RespectedPartitionShort and RespectedPartitionLong. The first of these denotes a respected partition consisting of residue classes r(m) where m divides the modulus of G or g, respectively. The second denotes a respected partition consisting of residue classes r(m) where the modulus of G (respectively g) divides m.

RespectsPartition
RespectsPartition
There is an operation RespectsPartition(G,P) / RespectsPartition(g,P), which tests whether G or g respects a given partition P. The permutation induced by g on P can be computed efficiently by PermutationOpNC(g,P,OnPoints). PermutationOpNC gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,4,1,6),ClassShift(0,2)); <rcwa group over Z with 2 generators> gap> IsTame(G); true gap> Size(G); infinity gap> P := RespectedPartition(G); [ 3(6), 5(6), 0(8), 2(8), 4(8), 6(8), 1(12), 7(12) ]
ActionOnRespectedPartition & KernelOfActionOnRespectedPartition
The action of the tame rcwa group G on RespectedPartition(G) or the kernel of this action, respectively.
The method for KernelOfActionOnRespectedPartition uses the package `Polycyclic` .

The rank of the largest free abelian subgroup of the kernel of the action of G on its stored respected partition can be computed by RankOfKernelOfActionOnRespectedPartition(G). gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,4,1,6),ClassShift(0,2));; gap> H := ActionOnRespectedPartition(G); Group([ (3,7)(5,8), (3,4,5,6) ]) gap> H = Action(G,P); true gap> Size(H); 48 gap> K := KernelOfActionOnRespectedPartition(G); <rcwa group over Z with 3 generators> gap> RankOfKernelOfActionOnRespectedPartition(G); 3 gap> Index(G,K); 48 gap> List(GeneratorsOfGroup(K),Factorization); [ [ ClassShift(0,4)^2 ], [ ClassShift(2,4)^2 ], [ ClassShift(1,6)^2 ] ] gap> Image(IsomorphismPcpGroup(K)); Pcp-group with orders [ 0, 0, 0 ]

Let G be a tame rcwa group over \mathbb{Z}, let \mathcal{P} be a respected partition of G and put m := |\mathcal{P}|. Then there is an rcwa permutation g which maps \mathcal{P} to the partition of \mathbb{Z} into the residue classes (mod m), and the conjugate G^g of G under such a permutation is integral (cf. , Theorem 2.5.14).

IntegralConjugate
IntegralConjugate
IntegralizingConjugator
IntegralizingConjugator

The conjugate G^g can be determined by the operation IntegralConjugate, and the conjugating permutation g can be determined by the operation IntegralizingConjugator. Both operations are applicable to rcwa permutations as well. Note that a tame rcwa group does not determine its integral conjugate uniquely.

gap> G := Group(ClassTransposition(0,4,1,6),ClassShift(0,2));; gap> G^IntegralizingConjugator(G) = IntegralConjugate(G); true gap> RespectedPartition(G); [ 3(6), 5(6), 0(8), 2(8), 4(8), 6(8), 1(12), 7(12) ] gap> RespectedPartition(G)^IntegralizingConjugator(G); [ 0(8), 1(8), 2(8), 3(8), 4(8), 5(8), 6(8), 7(8) ] gap> last = RespectedPartition(IntegralConjugate(G)); true
Generating pseudo-random elements of RCWA(R) and CT(R)
Random
Random
There are methods for the operation Random for RCWA(R) and CT(R). These methods are designed to be suitable for generating interesting examples. No particular distribution is guaranteed.

gap> elm := Random(RCWA(Integers));; gap> Display(elm);

Bijective rcwa mapping of Z with modulus 12

n mod 12 | n^f ------------------------------------+------------------------------------ 0 2 4 6 8 10 | 3n + 2 1 5 9 | -n + 2 3 7 | (n - 7)/2 11 | (-n + 20)/3

The elements which are returned by this method are obtained by multiplying class shifts (see ), class reflections (see ) and class transpositions (see ). These factors can be retrieved by factoring:

gap> Factorization(elm); [ ClassTransposition(0,2,3,4), ClassTransposition(3,4,4,6), ClassShift(0,2)^-1, ClassReflection(3,4), ClassReflection(1,4) ]

There is an auxiliary function ClassPairs([R,] m), which is used in this context. ClassPairs ClassPairs In its one-argument form, this function returns a list of 4-tuples (r_1,m_1,r_2,m_2) of integers corresponding to the unordered pairs of disjoint residue classes r_1(m_1) and r_2(m_2) with m_1, m_2 \leq m. In its two-argument form, it does the equivalent for the ring R.

gap> List(ClassPairs(4),ClassTransposition); [ ClassTransposition(0,2,1,2), ClassTransposition(0,2,1,4), ClassTransposition(0,2,3,4), ClassTransposition(0,3,1,3), ClassTransposition(0,3,2,3), ClassTransposition(0,4,1,4), ClassTransposition(0,4,2,4), ClassTransposition(0,4,3,4), ClassTransposition(1,2,0,4), ClassTransposition(1,2,2,4), ClassTransposition(1,3,2,3), ClassTransposition(1,4,2,4), ClassTransposition(1,4,3,4), ClassTransposition(2,4,3,4) ] gap> List(last,TransposedClasses); [ [ 0(2), 1(2) ], [ 0(2), 1(4) ], [ 0(2), 3(4) ], [ 0(3), 1(3) ], [ 0(3), 2(3) ], [ 0(4), 1(4) ], [ 0(4), 2(4) ], [ 0(4), 3(4) ], [ 1(2), 0(4) ], [ 1(2), 2(4) ], [ 1(3), 2(3) ], [ 1(4), 2(4) ], [ 1(4), 3(4) ], [ 2(4), 3(4) ] ]
The categories of residue-class-wise affine groups
true
if G is an rcwa group, an rcwa group over the ring of integers, an rcwa group over a semilocalization of the ring of integers or an rcwa group over a polynomial ring in one variable over a finite field, respectively, and false otherwise.
IsRcwaGroupOverZOrZ&uscore;pi

Often the same methods can be used for rcwa groups over the ring of integers and over its semilocalizations. For this reason there is a category IsRcwaGroupOverZOrZ&uscore;pi which is the union of IsRcwaGroupOverZ and IsRcwaGroupOverZ&uscore;pi.

IsNaturalRCWA
IsNaturalCT

To allow distinguishing the groups RCWA(R) and CT(R) from others, they have the characteristic property IsNaturalRCWA or IsNaturalCT, respectively.