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fix a problem with a new feature for matrix groups#6232
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(resolves #6222)

  • add a description of the cache FULLGLNICOCACHE in the code; it is used only by NicomorphismFFMatGroupOnFullSpace
  • change the keys of FULLGLNICOCACHE: take the field of the matrix entries into account (not only its size), take the ConstructingFilter of the matrices into account
  • in NicomorphismFFMatGroupOnFullSpace, deal with special cases of matrices in IsBlockMatrixRep (which have no ConstructingFilter) and in Is8BitMatrixRep in the situation that the group itself lives over GF(2)
  • in order to admit the action of IsMatrixObj matrices on vectors supported by GAP's Enumerators of vector spaces, add a \^ method that Unpacks the matrix object (Eventually we want to avoid this overhead, but then we need Enumerators consisting of vector objects corresponding to the matrix objects.)
  • add Matrix calls in the function that computes preimages under an action homomorphism with Source a matrix group, in order to support matrix group elements of prescribed kinds of IsMatrixObj.
  • add tests for the new supported situations (most of the changes were actually forced by already available tests)
  • add \in methods for GL and SL groups where the first argument is in IsMatrixObj (such that no nice monomorphism is used in this situation)

- add a description of the cache `FULLGLNICOCACHE` in the code;
  it is used only by `NicomorphismFFMatGroupOnFullSpace`

- change the keys of `FULLGLNICOCACHE`:
  take the field of the matrix entries into account (not only its size),
  take the `ConstructingFilter` of the matrices into account

- in `NicomorphismFFMatGroupOnFullSpace`, deal with special cases of
  matrices in `IsBlockMatrixRep` (which have no `ConstructingFilter`)
  and in `Is8BitMatrixRep` in the situation that the group itself
  lives over `GF(2)`

- in order to admit the action of `IsMatrixObj` matrices on vectors
  supported by GAP's `Enumerator`s of vector spaces,
  add a `\^` method that `Unpack`s the matrix object
  (Eventually we want to avoid this overhead, but then we need
  `Enumerator`s consisting of vector objects corresponding to the
  matrix objects.)

- add `Matrix` calls in the function that computes preimages under
  an action homomorphism with `Source` a matrix group,
  in order to support matrix group elements of prescribed kinds of
  `IsMatrixObj`.

- add tests for the new supported situations
  (most of the changes were actually forced by already available tests)
@ThomasBreuer ThomasBreuer added kind: bug Issues describing general bugs, and PRs fixing them topic: library release notes: not needed PRs introducing changes that are wholly irrelevant to the release notes labels Feb 12, 2026
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repeated failures due to problems like
connection error: 12029 fetching http://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/x86_64/setup.zst.sig

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