Multivariate polynomials over a ring #
Many results about polynomials hold when the coefficient ring is a commutative semiring. Some stronger results can be derived when we assume this semiring is a ring.
This file does not define any new operations, but proves some of these stronger results.
Notation #
As in other polynomial files, we typically use the notation:
-
σ : Type*(indexing the variables) -
R : Type*[comm_ring R](the coefficients) -
s : σ →₀ ℕ, a function fromσtoℕwhich is zero away from a finite set. This will give rise to a monomial inmv_polynomial σ Rwhich mathematicians might callX^s -
a : R -
i : σ, with corresponding monomialX i, often denotedX_iby mathematicians -
p : mv_polynomial σ R
A ring homomorphism f : Z[X_1, X_2, ...] → R is determined by the evaluations f(X_1), f(X_2), ...
Ring homomorphisms out of integer polynomials on a type σ are the same as
functions out of the type σ,
Equations
- mv_polynomial.hom_equiv = {to_fun := λ (f : mv_polynomial σ ℤ →+* S), ⇑f ∘ mv_polynomial.X, inv_fun := λ (f : σ → S), mv_polynomial.eval₂_hom (int.cast_ring_hom S) f, left_inv := _, right_inv := _}