On Mar 17, 6:46 pm, "Nicolas M. Thiery" <nicolas.thi...@u-psud.fr>
wrote:
> Dear Dima, dear Sage devs,
>
> Dan Bump recently raised the issue that the `lattice` method for Weyl
> groups is badly named. I agree, but the issue is more general. Hence,
> here is a call for good names.
>
> Let P be a parent endowed with a natural action (or representation) on
> a space `E`. For example:
>
> - P is a group of permutations of E = {2,4,9,7}
> - P is an algebra of matrices, acting on a vector space E
> - P is a monoid of functions from E = {a,b,c} to itself
> - P = End(E)
>
> What should be the name of the method of P returning E ?
>
> - P.domain() ?
> - P.natural_representation() ?
> - P.natural_representation_space() ?
> - P.natural_module() ?
> - P.action_set() ?
> - something else?
Maybe, P.over ? It could be a property, perhaps, rather than a method.
Alec Mihailovs
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