On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 10:32 PM John H Palmieri <jhpalmier...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Let R = k[x_1, x_2, ..., x_n] be a polynomial ring over a field k of 
> characteristic p. Given elements a_1, a_2, ..., a_m and b in R, I would like 
> to know if b is in the subalgebra generated by a_1, ..., a_m.My impression 
> from a superficial skim of the literature (Shannon and Sweedler, 
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747717188800476, for 
> example) is that this problem has been solved using Grobner bases. Is there 
> something already in Sage that can easily perform this test? I couldn't find 
> any method "in_subalgebra" or "in_subring" or any obviously relevant 
> "__contains__", or even a method for constructing a subalgebra of a 
> polynomial ring, but maybe I'm missing something obvious.

in Singular it is available:
https://www.singular.uni-kl.de/Manual/4-3-1/sing_1247.htm#SEC1328
So the question is to make an interface.

>
> (I don't actually care about representing b inside the subalgebra, I just 
> want to know if it's there, in case that helps.)
>
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