#18005: Group algebra of nonstandard symmetric groups broken
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   Reporter:  darij      |            Owner:
       Type:  defect     |           Status:  new
   Priority:  major      |        Milestone:  sage-6.6
  Component:             |         Keywords:  symmetric group, group
  combinatorics          |  algebra, permutations
  Merged in:             |          Authors:
  Reviewers:             |  Report Upstream:  N/A
Work issues:             |           Branch:
     Commit:             |     Dependencies:  #16926
   Stopgaps:             |
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 I have recorded the problem in #16926. Quoting
 src/sage/groups/perm_gps/permgroup_named.py:

 {{{
     def algebra(self, base_ring):
         """
         Return the symmetric group algebra associated to ``self``.

         .. WARNING::

             This is broken!

                 sage: S = SymmetricGroup([2,3,5])
                 sage: S.an_element()
                 (2,3,5)
                 sage: S.algebra(QQ)(_)
                 Traceback (most recent call last):
                 ...
                 ValueError: The permutation has length 3 but its maximal
 element is 5. Some
                  element may be repeated, or an element is missing, but
 there is something
                  wrong with its length.

             Best make it a usual group algebra with none of the bells and
 whistles
             of the SGA but with functioning methods.

         EXAMPLES::

             sage: S4 = SymmetricGroup(4)
             sage: S4.algebra(QQ)
             Symmetric group algebra of order 4 over Rational Field
         """
         from sage.combinat.symmetric_group_algebra import
 SymmetricGroupAlgebra
         return SymmetricGroupAlgebra(base_ring, self)
 }}}

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