but it's the same for any two objects with the same label. This is also true
for color objects.
+As a last note, powers of non-commutative objects are not allowed in GiNaC.
+You can use the function
+
+@example
+ex ncpow(const ex & basis, unsigned exponent)
+@end example
+
+instead which returns an expanded product (e.g. @code{ncpow(a*b, 2)} becomes
+@samp{a*b*a*b} if @samp{a} and @samp{b} are non-commutative expressions).
+
@cindex @code{clifford} (class)
@subsection Clifford algebra
* Rational Expressions:: Working with rational functions.
* Symbolic Differentiation::
* Series Expansion:: Taylor and Laurent expansion.
+* Symmetrization::
* Built-in Functions:: List of predefined mathematical functions.
* Input/Output:: Input and output of expressions.
@end menu
fails (i.e. a sum only matches a sum, a function only matches a function,
etc.).
@item If the pattern is a function, it only matches the same function
- (i.e. @samp{sin($0)} matches @samp{sin(x)} but doesn't match @samp{exp(x)}.
+ (i.e. @samp{sin($0)} matches @samp{sin(x)} but doesn't match @samp{exp(x)}).
@item Except for sums and products, the match fails if the number of
subexpressions (@code{nops()}) is not equal to the number of subexpressions
of the pattern.
may be [$1==a,$2==b] in which case the match for the second factor
succeeds, or it may be [$1==b,$2==a] which causes the second match to
fail.)
-> match(2*(x+y)+2*z-2,2*$1+$2);
- (This is also ambiguous and may return either [$1==z,$2==-2+2*x+2*y] or
- [$1=x+y,$2=2*z-2].)
+> match(a*(x+y)+a*z+b,a*$1+$2);
+ (This is also ambiguous and may return either [$1==z,$2==a*(x+y)+b] or
+ [$1=x+y,$2=a*z+b].)
> match(a+b+c+d+e+f,c);
FAIL
> match(a+b+c+d+e+f,c+$0);
[$0==0]
> match(a*b^2,a^$1*b^$2);
FAIL
- (The matching is syntactic, not algebraic, and "a" doesn't match "a^$0"
- even if a==a^x for x==0.)
+ (The matching is syntactic, not algebraic, and "a" doesn't match "a^$1"
+ even if a==a^1.)
> match(x*atan2(x,x^2),$0*atan2($0,$0^2));
[$0==x]
> match(atan2(y,x^2),atan2(y,$0));
(a+b+c)^2
> subs((a+b+c)^2,a+b+$1==x+$1);
(x+c)^2
+> subs(a+2*b,a+b=x);
+a+2*b
> subs(4*x^3-2*x^2+5*x-1,x==a);
-1+5*a-2*a^2+4*a^3
> subs(4*x^3-2*x^2+5*x-1,x^$0==a^$0);
e = a*pow(sin(x+y), 2) + a*pow(cos(x+y), 2) + b;
e = e.subs(pow(cos(wild()), 2) == 1-pow(sin(wild()), 2));
cout << e.expand() << endl;
- // -> "b+a"
+ // -> a+b
@}
@end example
@code{i} by two since all odd Euler numbers vanish anyways.
-@node Series Expansion, Built-in Functions, Symbolic Differentiation, Methods and Functions
+@node Series Expansion, Symmetrization, Symbolic Differentiation, Methods and Functions
@c node-name, next, previous, up
@section Series expansion
@cindex @code{series()}
@end example
-@node Built-in Functions, Input/Output, Series Expansion, Methods and Functions
+@node Symmetrization, Built-in Functions, Series Expansion, Methods and Functions
+@c node-name, next, previous, up
+@section Symmetrization
+
+The two functions
+
+@example
+ex symmetrize(const ex & e, const lst & l);
+ex antisymmetrize(const ex & e, const lst & l);
+@end example
+
+symmetrize an expression by returning the symmetric or antisymmetric sum
+over all permutations of the specified list of objects, weighted by the
+number of permutations.
+
+The two additional functions
+
+@example
+ex symmetrize(const ex & e);
+ex antisymmetrize(const ex & e);
+@end example
+
+symmetrize or antisymmetrize an expression over its free indices.
+
+Symmetrization is most useful with indexed expressions but can be used with
+almost any kind of object (anything that is @code{subs()}able):
+
+@example
+@{
+ idx i(symbol("i"), 3), j(symbol("j"), 3), k(symbol("k"), 3);
+ symbol A("A"), B("B"), a("a"), b("b"), c("c");
+
+ cout << symmetrize(indexed(A, i, j)) << endl;
+ // -> 1/2*A.j.i+1/2*A.i.j
+ cout << antisymmetrize(indexed(A, i, j, k), lst(i, j)) << endl;
+ // -> -1/2*A.j.i.k+1/2*A.i.j.k
+ cout << symmetrize(lst(a, b, c), lst(a, b, c)) << endl;
+ // -> 1/6*[a,b,c]+1/6*[c,a,b]+1/6*[b,a,c]+1/6*[c,b,a]+1/6*[b,c,a]+1/6*[a,c,b]
+@}
+@end example
+
+
+@node Built-in Functions, Input/Output, Symmetrization, Methods and Functions
@c node-name, next, previous, up
@section Predefined mathematical functions