getIsos -- all isomorphisms between two matroids

This method computes all isomorphisms between M and N: in particular, this method returns an empty list iff M and N are not isomorphic.

To compute only a single isomorphism, use isomorphism. To test if two matroids are isomorphic, use areIsomorphic.

To save space, the isomorphisms are given as lists (as opposed to hash tables). One way to interpret the output of this method is: given two isomorphic matroids, this method returns a permutation representation of the automorphism group of that matroid, inside the symmetric group on the ground set.

i1 : M = matroid({a,b,c},{{a,b},{a,c}})

o1 = a "matroid" of rank 2 on 3 elements

o1 : Matroid

i2 : U23 = uniformMatroid(2,3)

o2 = a "matroid" of rank 2 on 3 elements

o2 : Matroid

i3 : getIsos(M, U23) -- not isomorphic

o3 = {}

o3 : List

i4 : getIsos(M, M)

o4 = {{0, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 1}}

o4 : List

i5 : getIsos(U23, U23) -- the full symmetric group S3

o5 = {{0, 1, 2}, {0, 2, 1}, {1, 0, 2}, {1, 2, 0}, {2, 0, 1}, {2, 1, 0}}

o5 : List

We can verify that the Fano matroid (the projective plane over the field of two elements) has automorphism group of order 168, and give a permutation representation for this nonabelian simple group (= PGL(3, F_2)) inside the symmetric group S_7:

i6 : F7 = specificMatroid "fano"

o6 = a "matroid" of rank 3 on 7 elements

o6 : Matroid

i7 : time autF7 = getIsos(F7, F7);
     -- used 0.0339296 seconds

i8 : #autF7

o8 = 168