* Interface to GiNaC's color (SU(3) Lie algebra) objects. */
/*
- * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
+ * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2004 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
#include "indexed.h"
#include "tensor.h"
+#include <set>
+
namespace GiNaC {
* of SU(3), as used for calculations in quantum chromodynamics. A
* representation label (an unsigned 8-bit integer) is used to distinguish
* elements from different Lie algebras (objects with different labels
- * commute). These objects implement an abstract representation of the
+ * commutate). These objects implement an abstract representation of the
* group, not a specific matrix representation. The indices used for color
* objects should not have a variance. */
class color : public indexed
// internal constructors
color(unsigned char rl, const exvector & v, bool discardable = false);
- color(unsigned char rl, exvector * vp); // vp will be deleted
+ color(unsigned char rl, std::auto_ptr<exvector> vp);
// functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
protected:
ex eval_ncmul(const exvector & v) const;
bool match_same_type(const basic & other) const;
ex thiscontainer(const exvector & v) const;
- ex thiscontainer(exvector * vp) const;
+ ex thiscontainer(std::auto_ptr<exvector> vp) const;
unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::noncommutative; }
unsigned return_type_tinfo() const { return TINFO_color + representation_label; }
{
GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(su3one, tensor)
- // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
-public:
- void print(const print_context & c, unsigned level = 0) const;
+ // non-virtual functions in this class
+protected:
+ void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const;
+ void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const;
};
/** This class represents an su(3) generator. */
// functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
public:
- void print(const print_context & c, unsigned level = 0) const;
bool contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other, exvector & v) const;
+
+ // non-virtual functions in this class
+protected:
+ void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const;
+ void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const;
};
/** This class represents the tensor of antisymmetric su(3) structure
// functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
public:
- void print(const print_context & c, unsigned level = 0) const;
ex eval_indexed(const basic & i) const;
bool contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other, exvector & v) const;
+
+ // non-virtual functions in this class
+protected:
+ void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const;
+ void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const;
};
/** This class represents the tensor of symmetric su(3) structure constants. */
// functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
public:
- void print(const print_context & c, unsigned level = 0) const;
ex eval_indexed(const basic & i) const;
bool contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other, exvector & v) const;
+
+ // non-virtual functions in this class
+protected:
+ void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const;
+ void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const;
};
/** This returns the linear combination d.a.b.c+I*f.a.b.c. */
ex color_h(const ex & a, const ex & b, const ex & c);
+/** Calculate color traces over the specified set of representation labels.
+ *
+ * @param e Expression to take the trace of
+ * @param rls Set of representation labels */
+ex color_trace(const ex & e, const std::set<unsigned char> & rls);
+
+/** Calculate color traces over the specified list of representation labels.
+ *
+ * @param e Expression to take the trace of
+ * @param rll List of representation labels */
+ex color_trace(const ex & e, const lst & rll);
+
/** Calculate the trace of an expression containing color objects with a
* specified representation label.
*