/** @file clifford.cpp * * Implementation of GiNaC's clifford algebra (Dirac gamma) objects. */ /* * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ #include "clifford.h" #include "ex.h" #include "idx.h" #include "ncmul.h" #include "print.h" #include "archive.h" #include "debugmsg.h" #include "utils.h" #include namespace GiNaC { GINAC_IMPLEMENT_REGISTERED_CLASS(clifford, indexed) GINAC_IMPLEMENT_REGISTERED_CLASS(diracone, tensor) GINAC_IMPLEMENT_REGISTERED_CLASS(diracgamma, tensor) ////////// // default constructor, destructor, copy constructor assignment operator and helpers ////////// clifford::clifford() { debugmsg("clifford default constructor", LOGLEVEL_CONSTRUCT); tinfo_key = TINFO_clifford; } DEFAULT_COPY(clifford) DEFAULT_DESTROY(clifford) DEFAULT_CTORS(diracone) DEFAULT_CTORS(diracgamma) ////////// // other constructors ////////// /** Construct object with one Lorentz index. This constructor is for internal * use only. Use the dirac_gamma() function instead. * @see dirac_gamma */ clifford::clifford(const ex & b, const ex & mu) : inherited(b, mu) { debugmsg("clifford constructor from ex,ex", LOGLEVEL_CONSTRUCT); GINAC_ASSERT(is_ex_of_type(mu, varidx)); tinfo_key = TINFO_clifford; } /** Construct object without any indices. This constructor is for internal * use only. Use the dirac_one() function instead. * @see dirac_one */ clifford::clifford(const ex & b) : inherited(b) { debugmsg("clifford constructor from ex", LOGLEVEL_CONSTRUCT); tinfo_key = TINFO_clifford; } clifford::clifford(const exvector & v, bool discardable) : inherited(indexed::unknown, v, discardable) { debugmsg("clifford constructor from exvector", LOGLEVEL_CONSTRUCT); tinfo_key = TINFO_clifford; } clifford::clifford(exvector * vp) : inherited(indexed::unknown, vp) { debugmsg("clifford constructor from exvector *", LOGLEVEL_CONSTRUCT); tinfo_key = TINFO_clifford; } ////////// // archiving ////////// DEFAULT_ARCHIVING(clifford) DEFAULT_ARCHIVING(diracone) DEFAULT_ARCHIVING(diracgamma) ////////// // functions overriding virtual functions from bases classes ////////// int clifford::compare_same_type(const basic & other) const { return inherited::compare_same_type(other); } DEFAULT_COMPARE(diracone) DEFAULT_COMPARE(diracgamma) DEFAULT_PRINT(diracone, "ONE") DEFAULT_PRINT(diracgamma, "gamma") /** Contraction of a gamma matrix with something else. */ bool diracgamma::contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other, exvector & v) const { GINAC_ASSERT(is_ex_of_type(*self, indexed)); GINAC_ASSERT(is_ex_of_type(*other, indexed)); GINAC_ASSERT(is_ex_of_type(self->op(0), diracgamma)); if (is_ex_of_type(other->op(0), diracgamma)) { ex dim = ex_to_idx(self->op(1)).get_dim(); // gamma~mu*gamma.mu = dim*ONE if (other - self == 1) { *self = dim; *other = dirac_one(); return true; // gamma~mu*gamma~alpha*gamma.mu = (2-dim)*gamma~alpha } else if (other - self == 2 && is_ex_of_type(self[1], clifford)) { *self = 2 - dim; *other = _ex1(); return true; // gamma~mu*gamma~alpha*gamma~beta*gamma.mu = 4*g~alpha~beta+(dim-4)*gamam~alpha*gamma~beta } else if (other - self == 3 && is_ex_of_type(self[1], clifford) && is_ex_of_type(self[2], clifford)) { *self = 4 * metric_tensor(self[1].op(1), self[2].op(1)) * dirac_one() + (dim - 4) * self[1] * self[2]; self[1] = _ex1(); self[2] = _ex1(); *other = _ex1(); return true; // gamma~mu*gamma~alpha*gamma~beta*gamma~delta*gamma.mu = -2*gamma~delta*gamma~beta*gamma~alpha+(4-dim)*gamma~alpha*gamma~beta*gamma~delta } else if (other - self == 4 && is_ex_of_type(self[1], clifford) && is_ex_of_type(self[2], clifford) && is_ex_of_type(self[3], clifford)) { *self = -2 * self[3] * self[2] * self[1] + (4 - dim) * self[1] * self[2] * self[3]; self[1] = _ex1(); self[2] = _ex1(); self[3] = _ex1(); *other = _ex1(); return true; } } return false; } /** Perform automatic simplification on noncommutative product of clifford * objects. This removes superfluous ONEs. */ ex clifford::simplify_ncmul(const exvector & v) const { exvector s; s.reserve(v.size()); exvector::const_iterator it = v.begin(), itend = v.end(); while (it != itend) { if (!is_ex_of_type(it->op(0), diracone)) s.push_back(*it); it++; } if (s.size() == 0) return clifford(diracone()); else if (s.size() == v.size()) return simplified_ncmul(v); else return simplified_ncmul(s); } ex clifford::thisexprseq(const exvector & v) const { return clifford(v); } ex clifford::thisexprseq(exvector * vp) const { return clifford(vp); } ////////// // global functions ////////// ex dirac_one(void) { return clifford(diracone()); } ex dirac_gamma(const ex & mu) { if (!is_ex_of_type(mu, varidx)) throw(std::invalid_argument("index of Dirac gamma must be of type varidx")); return clifford(diracgamma(), mu); } } // namespace GiNaC