I have a polynomial defined as:
q = next_prime(2^128)
P.< x1, x2, x3, x4, x5> = GF(q)[]
p = (x1*x2) + (x3*x4)
I would like to obtain the resulting polynomial by partially evaluating by some variables.
Example partial polynomial p' generated by evaluating p at x2 = 2:
p' = (2*x1) + (x3*x4)
Is there a way to accomplish this?
Simple:
sage: q = next_prime(2^128)
sage: p = (x1*x2) + (x3*x4)
sage: p(x2=2)
x3*x4 + 2*x1
But note that :
sage: p.subs(x2==2)
x1*x2 + x3*x4
doesn't work.
HTH,
Alright, after working on it a little bit, I think that this behaviour is not implemented correctly. For p(x1, x2, x3) = x1*x2 + x3, if we evaluate it at x2 =0. The resulting object should be p'(x1, x3) = x3. However, what we obtain is p'(x3) = x3. The term x1 disappearing shouldn't mean a polynomial doesn't have that variable as an input. Is there a reason behind this?
The term x1 disappearing shouldn't mean a polynomial doesn't have that variable as an input.
Nothing "disappears" :
sage: p=x1*x2+x3
sage: p(x2=0)
x3
sage: p(x2=0)(x1=3)
x3
sage: p(x2=0, x1=3)
x3
sage: p(x4=17)
x1*x2 + x3
Any polynomial element of P can be evaluated for any value of any P coefficient, whether it appears explicitly in the polynomial or not. Furthermore :
sage: p(x2=3*x1-2*x4)
3*x1^2 + 340282366920938463463374607431768211505*x1*x4 + x3
As this latter example shows, integer constants are coerced into elements of the base ring... In other words :
sage: p(x2=0, x1=3).parent()
Multivariate Polynomial Ring in x1, x2, x3, x4, x5 over Finite Field of size 340282366920938463463374607431768211507
HTH,
Asked: 2022-03-05 15:29:56 +0100
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