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convert charpoly()-generated characteristic polynom to symbolic expression

asked 2018-06-03 19:33:33 +0100

bekalph gravatar image

A characteristic polynom that is generated by the procedure charpoly() has the type:

sage.rings.polynomial.polynomial_ring.PolynomialRing_field_with_category.element_class.

How can I convert it to one of type 'symbolic expression' without doing 'copy and paste'?

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answered 2018-06-04 08:26:24 +0100

Sébastien gravatar image

You can use the

sage: SR
Symbolic Ring

to convert the expression you get:

sage: m = random_matrix(ZZ, 3, 3)
sage: p = m.charpoly()
sage: type(p)
<type 'sage.rings.polynomial.polynomial_integer_dense_flint.Polynomial_integer_dense_flint'>
sage: SR(p)
x^3 + 2*x^2 - 8*x + 5
sage: type(_)
<type 'sage.symbolic.expression.Expression'>

Make sure you really need the symbolic ring. In many cases, you can get what you want more efficiently without converting to symbolic ring.

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Thank you very much for the hint. I need the conversion to SR in order to simplify the expression with canonicalize_radical() or with factor(). This seems not be possible if I apply them on the unconverted expression (unimplemented error or attribute error). I just found that characteristic polynomals of matrices can also be converted to SR by substituting one of their symbols with subs.

bekalph gravatar imagebekalph ( 2018-06-04 20:51:16 +0100 )edit
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answered 2018-06-04 21:57:09 +0100

bekalph gravatar image

I just found that characteristic polynomals of matrices can also be converted to SR by substituting one of their symbols with subs.

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