Function: algsplittingdata
Section: algebras
C-Name: algsplittingdata
Prototype: mG
Help: algsplittingdata(al): data stored in the central simple algebra al to
 compute a splitting of al over an extension.
Doc: Given a central simple algebra \var{al} output by \tet{alginit} defined
 by a multiplication table over its center~$K$ (a number field), returns data
 stored to compute a splitting of \var{al} over an extension. This data is a
 \typ{VEC} \kbd{[t,Lbas,Lbasinv]} with $3$ components:

  \item an element $t$ of \var{al} such that $L=K(t)$ is a maximal subfield
 of \var{al};

  \item a matrix \kbd{Lbas} expressing a $L$-basis of \var{al} (given an
 $L$-vector space structure by multiplication on the right) on the integral
 basis of \var{al};

  \item a matrix \kbd{Lbasinv} expressing the integral basis of \var{al} on
 the previous $L$-basis.

 \bprog
 ? nf = nfinit(y^3-5); a = y; b = y^2;
 ? {m_i = [0,a,0,0;
           1,0,0,0;
           0,0,0,a;
           0,0,1,0];}
 ? {m_j = [0, 0,b, 0;
           0, 0,0,-b;
           1, 0,0, 0;
           0,-1,0, 0];}
 ? {m_k = [0, 0,0,-a*b;
           0, 0,b,   0;
           0,-a,0,   0;
           1, 0,0,   0];}
 ? mt = [matid(4), m_i, m_j, m_k];
 ? A = alginit(nf,mt,'x);
 ? [t,Lb,Lbi] = algsplittingdata(A);
 ? t
 %8 = [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]~;
 ? matsize(Lb)
 %9 = [12, 2]
 ? matsize(Lbi)
 %10 = [2, 12]
 @eprog