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Get variable of polynomial ring

asked 2018-03-03 11:39:27 +0100

philipp7 gravatar image

I have a univariate polynomial ring and a polynomial in this ring, e.g.

R.<x> = PolynomialRing(ZZ);
p = 3*x^2 + 7*x - 5;

My question is: If I call a function with such a polynomial how can I figure out what the original variable was? For instance, say I have the following:

def f(q) :
   return q*x;
print f(p)

Of course that is a rather stupid example but I hope the idea is clear. How can I swap x with something more general like f.parent().variable() or is there a better way to do such things?

Thank you very much for your help!

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answered 2018-03-03 12:41:59 +0100

j.c. gravatar image

p.variables() returns a tuple which contains the variables of p, so your function could be written:

def f(q):
   return q*q.variables()[0]
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Perfect, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much!

philipp7 gravatar imagephilipp7 ( 2018-03-03 13:02:25 +0100 )edit

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