* Interface to GiNaC's clifford algebra (Dirac gamma) objects. */
/*
- * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
+ * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2006 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
*
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+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
#ifndef __GINAC_CLIFFORD_H__
class clifford : public indexed
{
GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(clifford, indexed)
+public:
+ static const tinfo_static_t return_type_tinfo_static[256];
// other constructors
public:
- clifford(const ex & b, unsigned char rl = 0);
- clifford(const ex & b, const ex & mu, const ex & metr, unsigned char rl = 0);
+ clifford(const ex & b, unsigned char rl = 0, bool anticommut = false);
+ clifford(const ex & b, const ex & mu, const ex & metr, unsigned char rl = 0, bool anticommut = false, int comm_sign = -1);
// internal constructors
- clifford(unsigned char rl, const ex & metr, const exvector & v, bool discardable = false);
- clifford(unsigned char rl, const ex & metr, std::auto_ptr<exvector> vp);
+ clifford(unsigned char rl, const ex & metr, bool anticommut, int comm_sign, const exvector & v, bool discardable = false);
+ clifford(unsigned char rl, const ex & metr, bool anticommut, int comm_sign, std::auto_ptr<exvector> vp);
// functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
+public:
+ unsigned precedence() const { return 65; }
protected:
ex eval_ncmul(const exvector & v) const;
bool match_same_type(const basic & other) const;
ex thiscontainer(const exvector & v) const;
ex thiscontainer(std::auto_ptr<exvector> vp) const;
unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::noncommutative; }
- unsigned return_type_tinfo() const { return TINFO_clifford + representation_label; }
+ tinfo_t return_type_tinfo() const { return clifford::return_type_tinfo_static+representation_label; }
// non-virtual functions in this class
public:
unsigned char get_representation_label() const { return representation_label; }
ex get_metric() const { return metric; }
- ex get_metric(const ex & i, const ex & j) const;
+ virtual ex get_metric(const ex & i, const ex & j, bool symmetrised = false) const;
bool same_metric(const ex & other) const;
+ bool is_anticommuting() const { return anticommuting; } //**< See the member variable anticommuting */
+ int get_commutator_sign() const { return commutator_sign; } //**< See the member variable commutator_sign */
+
+ inline size_t nops() const {return inherited::nops() + 1; }
+ ex op(size_t i) const;
+ ex & let_op(size_t i);
+ ex subs(const exmap & m, unsigned options = 0) const;
protected:
void do_print_dflt(const print_dflt & c, unsigned level) const;
void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const;
// member variables
-private:
+protected:
unsigned char representation_label; /**< Representation label to distinguish independent spin lines */
- ex metric;
+ ex metric; /**< Metric of the space, all constructors make it an indexed object */
+ bool anticommuting; /**< Simplifications for anticommuting units is much simpler and we need this info readily available */
+ int commutator_sign; /**< It is the sign in the definition e~i e~j +/- e~j e~i = B(i, j) + B(j, i)*/
};
-
/** This class represents the Clifford algebra unity element. */
class diracone : public tensor
{
// other constructors
protected:
- cliffordunit(unsigned ti) : inherited(ti) {}
+ cliffordunit(tinfo_t ti) : inherited(ti) {}
// functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
public:
// global functions
-/** Specialization of is_exactly_a<clifford>(obj) for clifford objects. */
-template<> inline bool is_exactly_a<clifford>(const basic & obj)
-{
- return obj.tinfo()==TINFO_clifford;
-}
+/** Check whether a given tinfo key (as returned by return_type_tinfo()
+ * is that of a clifford object (with an arbitrary representation label).
+ *
+ * @param ti tinfo key */
+bool is_clifford_tinfo(tinfo_t ti);
/** Create a Clifford unity object.
*
/** Create a Clifford unit object.
*
* @param mu Index (must be of class varidx or a derived class)
- * @param metr Metric (should be of class tensmetric or a derived class, or a symmetric matrix)
+ * @param metr Metric (should be indexed, tensmetric or a derived class, or a matrix)
* @param rl Representation label
* @return newly constructed Clifford unit object */
-ex clifford_unit(const ex & mu, const ex & metr, unsigned char rl = 0);
+ex clifford_unit(const ex & mu, const ex & metr, unsigned char rl = 0, bool anticommuting = false);
/** Create a Dirac gamma object.
*
/** Reversion of the Clifford algebra, coincides with the conjugate(). */
inline ex clifford_star(const ex & e) { return e.conjugate(); }
-/** Replaces all dirac_ONE's in e with 1 (effectively removing them). */
-ex remove_dirac_ONE(const ex & e);
+/** Replaces dirac_ONE's (with a representation_label no less than rl) in e with 1.
+ * For the default value rl = 0 remove all of them. Aborts if e contains any
+ * clifford_unit with representation_label to be removed.
+ *
+ * @param e Expression to be processed
+ * @param rl Value of representation label
+ * @param options Defines some internal use */
+ex remove_dirac_ONE(const ex & e, unsigned char rl = 0, unsigned options = 0);
+
+/** Returns the maximal representation label of a clifford object
+ * if e contains at least one, otherwise returns -1
+ *
+ * @param e Expression to be processed
+ * @ignore_ONE defines if clifford_ONE should be ignored in the search*/
+char clifford_max_label(const ex & e, bool ignore_ONE = false);
/** Calculation of the norm in the Clifford algebra. */
ex clifford_norm(const ex & e);
*
* @param v List or vector of coordinates
* @param mu Index (must be of class varidx or a derived class)
- * @param metr Metric (should be of class tensmetric or a derived class, or a symmetric matrix)
+ * @param metr Metric (should be indexed, tensmetric or a derived class, or a matrix)
* @param rl Representation label
+ * @param e Clifford unit object
* @return Clifford vector with given components */
-ex lst_to_clifford(const ex & v, const ex & mu, const ex & metr, unsigned char rl = 0);
+ex lst_to_clifford(const ex & v, const ex & mu, const ex & metr, unsigned char rl = 0, bool anticommuting = false);
+ex lst_to_clifford(const ex & v, const ex & e);
/** An inverse function to lst_to_clifford(). For given Clifford vector extracts
* its components with respect to given Clifford unit. Obtained components may
*
* @param e Clifford expression to be decomposed into components
* @param c Clifford unit defining the metric for splitting (should have numeric dimension of indices)
- * @param algebraic Use algebraic or symbolic algorithm for extractions */
+ * @param algebraic Use algebraic or symbolic algorithm for extractions
+ * @return List of components of a Clifford vector*/
lst clifford_to_lst(const ex & e, const ex & c, bool algebraic=true);
/** Calculations of Moebius transformations (conformal map) defined by a 2x2 Clifford matrix
* @param c (2,1) entry of the defining matrix
* @param d (2,2) entry of the defining matrix
* @param v Vector to be transformed
- * @param G Metric of the surrounding space
- * @param rl Representation label */
-ex clifford_moebius_map(const ex & a, const ex & b, const ex & c, const ex & d, const ex & v, const ex & G, unsigned char rl = 0);
+ * @param G Metric of the surrounding space, may be a Clifford unit then the next parameter is ignored
+ * @param rl Representation label
+ * @param anticommuting indicates if Clifford units anticommutes
+ * @return List of components of the transformed vector*/
+ex clifford_moebius_map(const ex & a, const ex & b, const ex & c, const ex & d, const ex & v, const ex & G, unsigned char rl = 0, bool anticommuting = false);
/** The second form of Moebius transformations defined by a 2x2 Clifford matrix M
* This function takes the transformation matrix M as a single entity.
*
* @param M the defining matrix
* @param v Vector to be transformed
- * @param G Metric of the surrounding space
- * @param rl Representation label */
-ex clifford_moebius_map(const ex & M, const ex & v, const ex & G, unsigned char rl = 0);
+ * @param G Metric of the surrounding space, may be a Clifford unit then the next parameter is ignored
+ * @param rl Representation label
+ * @param anticommuting indicates if Clifford units anticommutes
+ * @return List of components of the transformed vector*/
+ex clifford_moebius_map(const ex & M, const ex & v, const ex & G, unsigned char rl = 0, bool anticommuting = false);
} // namespace GiNaC
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