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isTrivialMackeyFunctor -- checks if a Mackey functor is trivial or not

Usage:

isTrivialMackeyFunctor M
Inputs:
- M, a C_p Mackey Functor,
Outputs:
- a Boolean value, whether $M$ is trivial or not

Description

Checks whether $M$ is trivial (meaning isomorphic to the zero Mackey functor).

See also

background on Mackey functors -- a brief mathematical intro to the theory of Mackey functors
makeZeroMackeyFunctor -- constructs the zero Mackey functor for the group

Ways to use isTrivialMackeyFunctor:

isTrivialMackeyFunctor(CpMackeyFunctor)

For the programmer

The object isTrivialMackeyFunctor is a method function.

The source of this document is in CpMackeyFunctors/Documentation/HomomorphismsDoc.m2:321:0.