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how to extract a common factor of vector components

asked 2018-06-30 13:18:38 +0100

rewolf gravatar image

v=vec([ax,ay])

should give

a*vec([x,y])

by a command. Which command?

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If we define `f` by

    def f(x, y):
        return (x, y)

then `f(2, 3)` returns `(2, 3)` but `f(2)` gives:

    TypeError: f() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)

produces:

If we define f by

def f(x, y):
    return (x, y)

then f(2, 3) returns (2, 3) but f(2) gives:

TypeError: f() takes exactly 2 arguments (1 given)

Please edit your question to do that.

slelievre gravatar imageslelievre ( 2018-06-30 19:25:54 +0100 )edit

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answered 2018-06-30 22:04:38 +0100

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updated 2018-06-30 22:09:31 +0100

It's not clear what type of object you want as a result. You could store an 'unevaluated' expression such as a scalar times a vector as a formal sum (FormalSum) with coefficients in the base ring of the vector:

def extract_gcd(vec):
    g = gcd(vec)
    return FormalSum([(g, vec/g)], parent=FormalSums(vec.base_ring()))

Now

var('a,x,y')
extract_gcd(vector([a*x,a*y]))

yields

a*(x, y)

As an alternative, you might just want to work with pairs:

def extract_gcd(vec):
    g = gcd(vec)
    return (g, vec/g)
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