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- permutation_sign() and shaker_sort() are no longer inlined
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index 5c7f7c3b1623e2941131680ed8aa8463f9de2532..e62def5047707a969d313bafd0759b37e071112c 100644 (file)
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "ncmul.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "numeric.h" // for I
+#include "lst.h"
+#include "relational.h"
 #include "print.h"
 #include "archive.h"
 #include "debugmsg.h"
@@ -214,7 +216,6 @@ ex clifford::simplify_ncmul(const exvector & v) const
 {
        exvector s;
        s.reserve(v.size());
-       unsigned rl = ex_to_clifford(v[0]).get_representation_label();
 
        // Remove superfluous ONEs
        exvector::const_iterator cit = v.begin(), citend = v.end();
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ ex clifford::simplify_ncmul(const exvector & v) const
                                const ex & ib = b.op(1);
                                if (ia.is_equal(ib)) {
                                        a = lorentz_g(ia, ib);
-                                       b = dirac_ONE(rl);
+                                       b = dirac_ONE(representation_label);
                                        something_changed = true;
                                }
                        }
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ ex clifford::simplify_ncmul(const exvector & v) const
        }
 
        if (s.size() == 0)
-               return clifford(diracone(), rl) * sign;
+               return clifford(diracone(), representation_label) * sign;
        if (something_changed)
                return nonsimplified_ncmul(s) * sign;
        else
@@ -337,6 +338,49 @@ static bool is_clifford_tinfo(unsigned ti, unsigned char rl)
        return ti == (TINFO_clifford + rl);
 }
 
+/** Check whether a given tinfo key (as returned by return_type_tinfo()
+ *  is that of a clifford object (with an arbitrary representation label). */
+static bool is_clifford_tinfo(unsigned ti)
+{
+       return (ti & ~0xff) == TINFO_clifford;
+}
+
+/** Take trace of a string of an even number of Dirac gammas given a vector
+ *  of indices. */
+static ex trace_string(exvector::const_iterator ix, unsigned num)
+{
+       // Tr gamma.mu gamma.nu = 4 g.mu.nu
+       if (num == 2)
+               return lorentz_g(ix[0], ix[1]);
+
+       // Tr gamma.mu gamma.nu gamma.rho gamma.sig = 4 (g.mu.nu g.rho.sig + g.nu.rho g.mu.sig - g.mu.rho g.nu.sig
+       else if (num == 4)
+               return lorentz_g(ix[0], ix[1]) * lorentz_g(ix[2], ix[3])
+                    + lorentz_g(ix[1], ix[2]) * lorentz_g(ix[0], ix[3])
+                    - lorentz_g(ix[0], ix[2]) * lorentz_g(ix[1], ix[3]);
+
+       // Traces of 6 or more gammas are computed recursively:
+       // Tr gamma.mu1 gamma.mu2 ... gamma.mun =
+       //   + g.mu1.mu2 * Tr gamma.mu3 ... gamma.mun
+       //   - g.mu1.mu3 * Tr gamma.mu2 gamma.mu4 ... gamma.mun
+       //   + g.mu1.mu4 * Tr gamma.mu3 gamma.mu3 gamma.mu5 ... gamma.mun
+       //   - ...
+       //   + g.mu1.mun * Tr gamma.mu2 ... gamma.mu(n-1)
+       exvector v(num - 2);
+       int sign = 1;
+       ex result;
+       for (int i=1; i<num; i++) {
+               for (int n=1, j=0; n<num; n++) {
+                       if (n == i)
+                               continue;
+                       v[j++] = ix[n];
+               }
+               result += sign * lorentz_g(ix[0], ix[i]) * trace_string(v.begin(), num-2);
+               sign = -sign;
+       }
+       return result;
+}
+
 ex dirac_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl, const ex & trONE)
 {
        if (is_ex_of_type(e, clifford)) {
@@ -390,24 +434,45 @@ ex dirac_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl, const ex & trONE)
                        if ((num & 1) == 0 || num == 3)
                                return _ex0();
 
-                       // Tr gamma5 S_2k =
-                       //   I/4! * epsilon0123.mu1.mu2.mu3.mu4 * Tr gamma.mu1 gamma.mu2 gamma.mu3 gamma.mu4 S_2k
-                       ex dim = ex_to_idx(e.op(1).op(1)).get_dim();
-                       varidx mu1((new symbol)->setflag(status_flags::dynallocated), dim),
-                              mu2((new symbol)->setflag(status_flags::dynallocated), dim),
-                              mu3((new symbol)->setflag(status_flags::dynallocated), dim),
-                              mu4((new symbol)->setflag(status_flags::dynallocated), dim);
-                       exvector v;
-                       v.reserve(num + 3);
-                       v.push_back(dirac_gamma(mu1, rl));
-                       v.push_back(dirac_gamma(mu2, rl));
-                       v.push_back(dirac_gamma(mu3, rl));
-                       v.push_back(dirac_gamma(mu4, rl));
-                       for (int i=1; i<num; i++)
-                               v.push_back(e.op(i));
+                       // Tr gamma5 gamma.mu gamma.nu gamma.rho gamma.sigma = 4I * epsilon(mu, nu, rho, sigma)
+                       if (num == 5)
+                               return trONE * I * eps0123(e.op(1).op(1), e.op(2).op(1), e.op(3).op(1), e.op(4).op(1));
 
-                       return (eps0123(mu1.toggle_variance(), mu2.toggle_variance(), mu3.toggle_variance(), mu4.toggle_variance()) *
-                               dirac_trace(ncmul(v), rl, trONE)).simplify_indexed() * I / 24;
+                       // Tr gamma5 S_2k =
+                       //   I/4! * epsilon0123.mu1.mu2.mu3.mu4 * Tr gamma.mu1 gamma.mu2 gamma.mu3 gamma.mu4 S_2k
+                       exvector ix;
+                       ix.reserve(num - 1);
+                       for (unsigned i=1; i<num; i++)
+                               ix.push_back(e.op(i).op(1));
+                       num--;
+                       int *iv = new int[num];
+                       ex result;
+                       for (int i=0; i<num-3; i++) {
+                               ex idx1 = ix[i];
+                               for (int j=i+1; j<num-2; j++) {
+                                       ex idx2 = ix[j];
+                                       for (int k=j+1; k<num-1; k++) {
+                                               ex idx3 = ix[k];
+                                               for (int l=k+1; l<num; l++) {
+                                                       ex idx4 = ix[l];
+                                                       iv[0] = i; iv[1] = j; iv[2] = k; iv[3] = l;
+                                                       exvector v;
+                                                       v.reserve(num - 4);
+                                                       for (int n=0, t=4; n<num; n++) {
+                                                               if (n == i || n == j || n == k || n == l)
+                                                                       continue;
+                                                               iv[t++] = n;
+                                                               v.push_back(ix[n]);
+                                                       }
+                                                       int sign = permutation_sign(iv, iv + num);
+                                                       result += sign * eps0123(idx1, idx2, idx3, idx4)
+                                                               * trace_string(v.begin(), num - 4);
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+                       delete[] iv;
+                       return trONE * I * result;
 
                } else { // no gamma5
 
@@ -419,31 +484,68 @@ ex dirac_trace(const ex & e, unsigned char rl, const ex & trONE)
                        if (num == 2)
                                return trONE * lorentz_g(e.op(0).op(1), e.op(1).op(1));
 
-                       // Traces of 4 or more gammas are computed recursively:
-                       // Tr gamma.mu1 gamma.mu2 ... gamma.mun =
-                       //   + g.mu1.mu2 * Tr gamma.mu3 ... gamma.mun
-                       //   - g.mu1.mu3 * Tr gamma.mu2 gamma.mu4 ... gamma.mun
-                       //   + g.mu1.mu4 * Tr gamma.mu3 gamma.mu3 gamma.mu5 ... gamma.mun
-                       //   - ...
-                       //   + g.mu1.mun * Tr gamma.mu2 ... gamma.mu(n-1)
-                       exvector v(num - 2);
-                       int sign = 1;
-                       const ex &ix1 = e.op(0).op(1);
-                       ex result;
-                       for (int i=1; i<num; i++) {
-                               for (int n=1, j=0; n<num; n++) {
-                                       if (n == i)
-                                               continue;
-                                       v[j++] = e.op(n);
-                               }
-                               result += sign * lorentz_g(ix1, e.op(i).op(1)) * dirac_trace(ncmul(v), rl, trONE);
-                               sign = -sign;
-                       }
-                       return result;
+                       exvector iv;
+                       iv.reserve(num);
+                       for (unsigned i=0; i<num; i++)
+                               iv.push_back(e.op(i).op(1));
+
+                       return trONE * trace_string(iv.begin(), num);
                }
        }
 
        return _ex0();
 }
 
+ex canonicalize_clifford(const ex & e)
+{
+       // Scan for any ncmul objects
+       lst srl;
+       ex aux = e.to_rational(srl);
+       for (unsigned i=0; i<srl.nops(); i++) {
+
+               ex lhs = srl.op(i).lhs();
+               ex rhs = srl.op(i).rhs();
+
+               if (is_ex_exactly_of_type(rhs, ncmul)
+                && rhs.return_type() == return_types::noncommutative
+                && is_clifford_tinfo(rhs.return_type_tinfo())) {
+
+                       // Expand product, if necessary
+                       ex rhs_expanded = rhs.expand();
+                       if (!is_ex_of_type(rhs_expanded, ncmul)) {
+                               srl.let_op(i) = (lhs == canonicalize_clifford(rhs_expanded));
+                               continue;
+
+                       } else if (!is_ex_of_type(rhs.op(0), clifford))
+                               continue;
+
+                       exvector v;
+                       v.reserve(rhs.nops());
+                       for (unsigned j=0; j<rhs.nops(); j++)
+                               v.push_back(rhs.op(j));
+
+                       // Stupid recursive bubble sort because we only want to swap adjacent gammas
+                       exvector::iterator it = v.begin(), next_to_last = v.end() - 1;
+                       if (is_ex_of_type(it->op(0), diracgamma5))
+                               it++;
+                       while (it != next_to_last) {
+                               if (it[0].op(1).compare(it[1].op(1)) > 0) {
+                                       ex save0 = it[0], save1 = it[1];
+                                       it[0] = lorentz_g(it[0].op(1), it[1].op(1));
+                                       it[1] = _ex2();
+                                       ex sum = ncmul(v);
+                                       it[0] = save1;
+                                       it[1] = save0;
+                                       sum -= ncmul(v, true);
+                                       srl.let_op(i) = (lhs == canonicalize_clifford(sum));
+                                       goto next_sym;
+                               }
+                               it++;
+                       }
+next_sym:      ;
+               }
+       }
+       return aux.subs(srl);
+}
+
 } // namespace GiNaC