Singular

7.3.21 preimage (plural)

Syntax:

preimage ( ring_name, map_name, ideal_name )
preimage ( ring_name, ideal_expression, ideal_name )

Type:

ideal

Purpose:

returns the preimage of an ideal under a given map. The second argument has to be a map from the basering to the given ring (or an ideal defining such a map), and the ideal has to be an ideal in the given ring.

Note:

To compute the kernel of a map, the preimage of zero has to be determined. Hence there is no special command for computing the kernel of a map in PLURAL.

Remark:

In the non-commutative case, it is implemented only for maps -> , where is a commutative ring.

Example:

LIB "ncalg.lib"; ring R = 0,a,dp; def Usl2 = makeUsl2(); setring Usl2; poly C = 4*e*f+h^2-2*h; // C is a central element of U(sl2) ideal I = e^3, f^3, h^3-4*h; ideal Z = 0; // zero ideal J = twostd(I); // two-sided GB ideal K = std(I); // left GB map Phi = R,C; // phi maps a (in R) to C (in U(sl2)) setring R; ideal PreJ = preimage(Usl2,Phi,J); // the central character of J PreJ; ==> PreJ[1]=a2-8a factorize(PreJ[1],1); ==> _[1]=a ==> _[2]=a-8 // hence, there are two simple characters for J ideal PreK = preimage(Usl2,Phi,K); // the central character of K PreK; ==> PreK[1]=a3-32a2+192a factorize(PreK[1],1); ==> _[1]=a ==> _[2]=a-24 ==> _[3]=a-8 // hence, there are three simple characters for K preimage(Usl2, Phi, Z); // kernel pf phi ==> _[1]=0