Example #1
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void MalcevSet::makeNormalClosure() {

  if(isNormal == yes) return;

  const BasicCommutators& BC = theCollector.commutators();
  int nilClass = BC.nilpotencyClass();

  int upper_i = BC.theFirstOfWeight(nilClass);

  for(int i = 1; i <= upper_i; i++) {

    if( ! theSet.bound( Generator(i) ) ) continue;
    PolyWord Wi = theSet.valueOf( Generator(i) );
    PolyWord WiInv = Wi.inverse();

    // trying generators of the group

    for(int j = 1; j <= BC.numberOfGenerators(); j++) {

      Generator g(j); 
      PolyWord comm = collect( Wi * Letter(g,-1) * WiInv * Letter(g,1) ); 

      addWord(comm);
    }

    // trying basis elements

    int upper_j = BC.theFirstOfWeight(nilClass - BC.weightOf(i) + 1);
    if(upper_j > i) upper_j = i;

    for(int j = 1; j < upper_j; j++) {

      if( ! theSet.bound( Generator(j) ) ) continue;
      PolyWord Wj = theSet.valueOf( Generator(j) );

      PolyWord comm = collect( Wi * Wj * WiInv * Wj.inverse() );

      addWord(comm);
    }
  }
  isBasis = true;
  isNormal = yes;
}
Example #2
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bool MalcevSet::reduceWords(PolyWord& pw1, PolyWord& pw2) const {

  if(pw1.isEmpty() || pw2.isEmpty())
    error("MalcevSet::reduceWords: empty argument");

  bool firstChanged = false;

  int power1 = absPower(pw1);
  int power2 = absPower(pw2);

  // make both PolyWords to be of distinct signs

  if( sign(pw1) ^ sign(pw2) == 0)  // if they have the same sign
    pw2 = pw2.inverse();

  // in fact, this is Euclid algorithm for finding GCD
    
  do {

    if( power1 > power2 ) {
      // swapping two words
      PolyWord tmp = pw1;
      pw1 = pw2;
      pw2 = tmp;
      int t = power1;
      power1 = power2;
      power2 = t;	
      firstChanged = true;
    }      

    power2 -= power1;
    pw2 = theCollector.multiply(pw1, pw2);
 
  } while(power2 != 0);

  return firstChanged;
}