* Interface to GiNaC's special tensors. */
/*
- * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2001 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
// other constructors
protected:
- tensor(unsigned ti);
+ tensor(unsigned ti) : inherited(ti) {}
// functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
protected:
- unsigned return_type(void) const { return return_types::noncommutative_composite; }
+ unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::noncommutative_composite; }
+
+ // non-virtual functions in this class
+public:
+ /** Replace dummy index in contracted-with object by the contracting
+ * object's second index (used internally for delta and metric tensor
+ * contractions. */
+ bool replace_contr_index(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other) const;
};
// 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;
};
// 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;
};
// 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;
+ // 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;
+
// member variables
private:
bool pos_sig; /**< If true, the metric is diag(-1,1,1...). Otherwise it is diag(1,-1,-1,...). */
// 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;
};
// 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;
// member variables
private:
bool minkowski; /**< If true, tensor is in Minkowski-type space. Otherwise it is in a Euclidean space. */
- bool pos_sig; /**< If true, the metric is assumed to be diag(-1,1,1...). Otherwise it is diag(1,-1,-1,...). This is only relevant if minkowski = true. */
+ bool pos_sig; /**< If true, the metric is assumed to be diag(-1,1,1...). Otherwise it is diag(1,-1,-1,...). This is only relevant if minkowski = true. */
};
// utility functions
-/** Return the tensor object handled by an ex. Deprecated: use ex_to<tensor>().
- * This is unsafe: you need to check the type first. */
-inline const tensor &ex_to_tensor(const ex &e)
-{
- return static_cast<const tensor &>(*e.bp);
-}
-
/** Create a delta tensor with specified indices. The indices must be of class
* idx or a subclass. The delta tensor is always symmetric and its trace is
* the dimension of the index space.
* @return newly constructed epsilon tensor */
ex lorentz_eps(const ex & i1, const ex & i2, const ex & i3, const ex & i4, bool pos_sig = false);
-/** Create an epsilon tensor in a 4-dimensional projection of a D-dimensional
- * Minkowski space. It vanishes whenever one of the indices is not in the
- * set {0, 1, 2, 3}.
- *
- * @param i1 First index
- * @param i2 Second index
- * @param i3 Third index
- * @param i4 Fourth index
- * @param pos_sig Whether the signature of the metric is positive
- * @return newly constructed epsilon tensor */
-ex eps0123(const ex & i1, const ex & i2, const ex & i3, const ex & i4, bool pos_sig = false);
-
} // namespace GiNaC
#endif // ndef __GINAC_TENSOR_H__