I tried to do some computations with the existing Iwahori-Hecke algebra module inside sage earlier this year. I needed to work over the rational function field C(x), for an indeterminate x. In the end I gave up and went back to using some gap3 code that I have, which builds on chevie, because it was unbelievably slow. As polynomials (and rational functions?) are supposed to be fast in sage I put the slowness down to the implementation of permutations inside sage, but I didn't do any profiling so perhaps this is unfair.
In any case, I agree that it would be nice to have a faster and more accessible implementation of permutations inside sage. Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-combinat-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-combinat-devel@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-combinat-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-combinat-devel?hl=en.