If u0,u1,...,u4
are variables defined in R=PolynomialRing(QQ,5,'u')
and RR.<T>=R[]
is the ring where I defined a polynomial (T-u0)*(T-u1)*...*(T-u4)
, I would like to compute the elementary symmetrical functions on these variables: namely something like e[1,1](u0,...u4)
to get u0u1+u0u2+...+u3u4
.
In the documentation about S=SymmetricFunctions(QQ);e=S.monomials()
, I don't see how you can assign anything.
Also, but this is a secondary problem, this space S
is a vector space, generated by a huge number of functions. Is it possible to get it generated as an algebra by the much fewer elementary symmetrical functions, the e[1,1,...,1]
s?