QuillenSuslin -- computes a free basis of a projective module over a polynomial ring

Description

Using the algorithms in Logar-Sturmfels and Fabianska-Quadrat, this package computes a free basis of a projective module over a polynomial ring with coefficients in the rationals, integers, or a finite field. It also provides methods to solve related problems involving completing a unimodular matrix to a square invertible matrix over a polynomial ring with coefficients in the rationals, integers, or a finite field, or a Laurent polynomial ring with coefficients in the rationals or a finite field.

For mathematical background and applications, see

A. Fabianska. Algorithmic analysis of presentations of groups and modules. http://darwin.bth.rwth-aachen.de/opus/volltexte/2009/2950/, Jan 2009.
T. Y. Lam. Serre's problem on projective modules. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2006.
A. Logar and B. Sturmfels. Algorithms for the Quillen-Suslin theorem. J. Algebra, 145(1):231-239, 1992.
A. Fabianska and A. Quadrat. Applications of the Quillen-Suslin theorem to multidimensional systems theory. Grobner bases in control theory and signal processing. Radon Series Comp. Appl. Math (3):23-106, 2007.

Authors

Certification

Version 1.7 of this package was accepted for publication in volume 5 of the journal The Journal of Software for Algebra and Geometry on 2013-09-18, in the article Computing free bases for projective modules. That version can be obtained from the journal or from the Macaulay2 source code repository, http://github.com/Macaulay2/M2/blob/master/M2/Macaulay2/packages/GraphicalModels.m2, commit number 8a3b2962b97153977eeaf6f92b5f48e246dd8e69.

Version

This documentation describes version 1.7 of QuillenSuslin.

Source code

The source code from which this documentation is derived is in the file QuillenSuslin.m2.

Exports

Functions and commands
- changeVar -- computes a change of variables which make the first entry of a unimodular row monic in a specified variable
- completeMatrix -- completes a unimodular matrix over a polynomial ring or Laurent polynomial ring to a square invertible matrix
- computeFreeBasis -- computes a free basis of a projective module
- getMaxIdeal -- computes a maximal ideal containing a given ideal in a polynomial ring
- horrocks -- computes a local solution to the unimodular row problem over a localization at a maximal ideal
- isProjective -- determines if a given module is projective with constant rank over a Noetherian ring
- isUnimodular -- determines if a given matrix is unimodular
- maxMinors -- computes the ideal generated by the maximal non-vanishing minors of a given matrix
- patch -- patch together local solutions to eliminate a variable
- qsAlgorithm -- computes a solution to the unimodular matrix problem
- qsIsomorphism -- computes an isomorphism between a free module and a given projective module
Symbols
- CheckProjective -- optional input which gives the user the option to check whether the given module is projective
- CheckUnimodular -- optional input which gives the user the option to check whether the given matrix is unimodular