gap-libs 4r6p5-3 / usr / share / gap / lib / word.gi

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#W  word.gi                     GAP library                     Thomas Breuer
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#Y  Copyright (C)  1997,  Lehrstuhl D für Mathematik,  RWTH Aachen,  Germany
#Y  (C) 1998 School Math and Comp. Sci., University of St Andrews, Scotland
#Y  Copyright (C) 2002 The GAP Group
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##  This file contains generic methods for nonassociative words.
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#M  \=( <w1>, <w2> )  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for words
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InstallMethod( \=,
    "for two words",
    IsIdenticalObj,
    [ IsWord, IsWord ], 0,
    function( x, y )
    return ExtRepOfObj( x ) = ExtRepOfObj( y );
    end );


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#M  \<( <w1>, <w2> )  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for words
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##  Words are ordered by the lexicographical order of their external
##  representation.
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InstallMethod( \<,
    "nonassoc words",
    IsIdenticalObj,
    [ IsWord, IsWord ], 0,
    function( x, y )
    local n;

    # thsi method does not work for assoc words!
    if IsAssocWord(x) and IsAssocWord(y) then
      TryNextMethod();
    fi;

    x:= ExtRepOfObj( x );
    y:= ExtRepOfObj( y );
    if IsInt( x ) then
      return IsList( y ) or x < y;
    elif IsInt( y ) then
      return false;
    fi;
    for n in [ 1 .. Minimum( Length( x ), Length( y ) ) ] do
      if x[n] < y[n] then
        return true;
      elif y[n] < x[n] then
        return false;
      fi;
    od;
    return Length( x ) < Length( y );
    end );


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#M  \*( <w1>, <w2> )  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  for nonassociative words
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##  Multiplication of nonassociative words is done by putting the two factors
##  into a bracket.
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InstallMethod( \*,
    "for two nonassoc. words",
    IsIdenticalObj,
    [ IsNonassocWord, IsNonassocWord ], 0,
    function( x, y )

    local xx,    # external representation of `x'
          yy;    # external representation of `y'

    # Treat the special cases that one argument is trivial.
    xx:= ExtRepOfObj( x );
    if xx = 0 then
      return y;
    fi;
    yy:= ExtRepOfObj( y );
    if yy = 0 then
      return x;
    fi;

    # Form the product.
    return ObjByExtRep( FamilyObj( x ), [ xx, yy ] );
    end );


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#M  Length( <w> ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  for a nonassoc. word
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InstallOtherMethod( Length,
    "for a nonassoc. word",
    true,
    [ IsNonassocWord ], 0,
    function( w )
    local len;
    len:= function( obj )
      if obj = 0 then
        return 0;
      elif IsInt( obj ) then
        return 1;
      else
        return len( obj[1] ) + len( obj[2] );
      fi;
    end;
    return len( ExtRepOfObj( w ) );
    end );


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#M  MappedWord( <x>, <gens1>, <gens2> )
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InstallMethod( MappedWord,
    "for a nonassoc. word, a homogeneous list, and a list",
    IsElmsCollsX,
    [ IsNonassocWord, IsNonassocWordCollection, IsList ], 0,
    function( x, gens1, gens2 )

    local mapped;

    gens1:= List( gens1, ExtRepOfObj );
    mapped:= function( word )
      if word = 0 then
        return One( gens2[1] );
      elif IsInt( word ) then
        return gens2[ Position( gens1, word ) ];
      else
        return mapped( word[1] ) * mapped( word[2] );
      fi;
    end;

    return mapped( ExtRepOfObj( x ) );
    end );

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#M  MappedWord( <x>, <empty>, <empty> )
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InstallOtherMethod( MappedWord, "empty generators list", true,
    [ IsObject, IsEmpty, IsList ], 0,
function( x, gens1, gens2 )
  return x;
end);

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#R  IsBracketRep( <obj> )
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##  This representation is equal to the external representation.
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DeclareRepresentation( "IsBracketRep", IsPositionalObjectRep, [] );


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#M  Print( <w> )  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  for a nonassoc. word
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InstallMethod( PrintObj,
    "for a nonassociative word",
    true,
    [ IsNonassocWord ], 0,
    function( elm )

    local names,
          print;

    names:= FamilyObj( elm )!.names;
    print:= function( expr )
      if expr = 0 then
        Print( "<identity ...>" );
      elif IsInt( expr ) then
        Print( names[ expr ] );
      else
        Print( "(" );
        print( expr[1] );
        Print( "*" );
        print( expr[2] );
        Print( ")" );
      fi;
    end;
    print( ExtRepOfObj( elm ) );
    end );


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#M  String( <w> ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  for a nonassoc. word
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InstallMethod( String,
    "for a nonassociative word",
    true,
    [ IsNonassocWord ], 0,
    function( elm )

    local names,
          string;

    names:= FamilyObj( elm )!.names;
    string:= function( expr )
      if expr = 0 then
        return "<identity ...>" ;
      elif IsInt( expr ) then
        return names[ expr ];
      else
        return Concatenation( "(", string( expr[1] ), "*",
                              string( expr[2] ), ")" );
      fi;
    end;
    elm:= string( ExtRepOfObj( elm ) );
    ConvertToStringRep( elm );
    return elm;
    end );


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#M  ObjByExtRep( <F>, <descr> ) . . . . . .  for a nonassociative word family
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##  We have to distinguish the cases that the second argument is an integer
##  (external representation of generators) and that it is a nested list of
##  integers.
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InstallMethod( ObjByExtRep,
    "for a family of nonassociative words, and an integer",
    true,
    [ IsNonassocWordFamily, IsInt ], 0,
    function( F, pos )
    return Objectify( F!.defaultType, [ pos ] );
    end );

InstallMethod( ObjByExtRep,
    "for a family of nonassociative words, and a list",
    true,
    [ IsNonassocWordFamily, IsList ], 0,
    function( F, list )
    return Objectify( F!.defaultType, [ list ] );
    end );


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#M  ExtRepOfObj( <w> )  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for a nonassociative word
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InstallMethod( ExtRepOfObj,
    "for a nonassoc. word",
    true,
    [ IsNonassocWord and IsBracketRep ], 0,
    elm -> elm![1] );


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#M  OneOp( <w> )  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for a nonass. word-with-one
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InstallMethod( OneOp,
    "for a nonassoc. word-with-one",
    true,
    [ IsNonassocWordWithOne ], 0,
    x -> ObjByExtRep( FamilyObj( x ), 0 ) );


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