Given an ideal $Q$ in a ring $R$, one frequently considers $I_e(Q)$. This is the ideal of elements $x \in R$ such that $\phi(x^{1/p^e}) \in Q$ for all $\phi : R^{1/p^e} \to R$. Sometimes this ideal is called the Frobenius pre-image. In a regular ring, it agrees with the frobenius power $Q^{[p^e]}$.
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In the previous example $I_1(Q)$ agrees with $Q^{(p)}$, the $p$th symbolic power of $Q$.
The object frobeniusPreimage is a method function with options.