Constructs a basis for exterior powers #
Finiteness of the exterior power.
The nth exterior power of a finite module is a finite module.
We construct a basis of ⋀[R]^n M from a basis of M.
If b is a basis of M indexed by a linearly ordered type I and s is a finset of
I of cardinality n, then we get a linear form on the nth exterior power of M by
applying the exteriorPower.linearForm construction to the family of linear forms
given by the coordinates of b indexed by elements of s (ordered using the given order on
I).
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Let b be a basis of M indexed by a linearly ordered type I and s be a finset of I
of cardinality n. If we apply the linear form on ⋀[R]^n M defined by b and s
to the exterior product of the b i for i ∈ s, then we get 1.
Let b be a basis of M indexed by a linearly ordered type I and s be a finset of I
of cardinality n. Let t be a finset of I of cardinality n such that s ≠ t. If we apply
the linear form on ⋀[R]^n M defined by b and s to the exterior product of the
b i for i ∈ t, then we get 0.
If b is a basis of M (indexed by a linearly ordered type), then the family
exteriorPower.ιMulti R n b of the n-fold exterior products of its elements is linearly
independent in the nth exterior power of M.
If b is a basis of M (indexed by a linearly ordered type), the basis of the nth
exterior power of M formed by the n-fold exterior products of elements of b.
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If b is a basis of M indexed by a linearly ordered type I and B is the corresponding
basis of the nth exterior power of M, indexed by the set of finsets s of I of cardinality
n, then the coordinate function of B at s is the linear form on the nth exterior power
defined by b and s in exteriorPower.ιMultiDual.
Freeness and dimension of `⋀[R]^n M. #
If M is a free module, then so is its nth exterior power.
If R is non-trivial and M is finite free of rank r, then
the nth exterior power of M is of finrank Nat.choose r n.
Results that only hold over a field.
If v is a linearly independent family of vectors (indexed by a linearly ordered type),
then the family of its n-fold exterior products is also linearly independent.