* Interface to GiNaC's special tensors. */
/*
- * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
+ * GiNaC Copyright (C) 1999-2011 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
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
-#ifndef __GINAC_TENSOR_H__
-#define __GINAC_TENSOR_H__
+#ifndef GINAC_TENSOR_H
+#define GINAC_TENSOR_H
#include "ex.h"
+#include "archive.h"
namespace GiNaC {
-
/** This class holds one of GiNaC's predefined special tensors such as the
* delta and the metric tensors. They are represented without indices.
* To attach indices to them, wrap them in an object of class indexed. */
{
GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(tensor, basic)
- // other constructors
+ // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
protected:
- tensor(unsigned ti);
+ unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::noncommutative_composite; }
- // functions overriding virtual functions from bases classes
+ // non-virtual functions in this class
public:
- ex subs(const lst & ls, const lst & lr) const;
-protected:
- unsigned return_type(void) const { return return_types::noncommutative_composite; }
+ /** 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;
};
{
GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(tensdelta, tensor)
- // functions overriding virtual functions from bases classes
+ // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
public:
- void print(std::ostream & os, unsigned upper_precedence=0) const;
+ bool info(unsigned inf) 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:
+ unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::commutative; }
+ void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const;
+ void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const;
};
+GINAC_DECLARE_UNARCHIVER(tensdelta);
/** This class represents a general metric tensor which can be used to
{
GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(tensmetric, tensor)
- // functions overriding virtual functions from bases classes
+ // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
public:
- void print(std::ostream & os, unsigned upper_precedence=0) const;
+ bool info(unsigned inf) 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:
+ unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::commutative; }
+ void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const;
};
+GINAC_DECLARE_UNARCHIVER(tensmetric);
/** This class represents a Minkowski metric tensor. It has all the
/** Construct Lorentz metric tensor with given signature. */
minkmetric(bool pos_sig);
- // functions overriding virtual functions from bases classes
+ // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
public:
- void print(std::ostream & os, unsigned upper_precedence=0) const;
+ bool info(unsigned inf) const;
ex eval_indexed(const basic & i) const;
+ /** Save (a.k.a. serialize) object into archive. */
+ void archive(archive_node& n) const;
+ /** Read (a.k.a. deserialize) object from archive. */
+ void read_archive(const archive_node& n, lst& syms);
+ // non-virtual functions in this class
+protected:
+ unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::commutative; }
+ 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,...). */
};
+GINAC_DECLARE_UNARCHIVER(minkmetric);
+
+
+/** This class represents an antisymmetric spinor metric tensor which
+ * can be used to raise/lower indices of 2-component Weyl spinors. If
+ * indexed, it must have exactly two indices of the same type which
+ * must be of class spinidx or a subclass and have dimension 2. */
+class spinmetric : public tensmetric
+{
+ GINAC_DECLARE_REGISTERED_CLASS(spinmetric, tensmetric)
+
+ // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
+public:
+ bool info(unsigned inf) const;
+ ex eval_indexed(const basic & i) const;
+ bool contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other, exvector & v) const;
+
+protected:
+ void do_print(const print_context & c, unsigned level) const;
+ void do_print_latex(const print_latex & c, unsigned level) const;
+};
+GINAC_DECLARE_UNARCHIVER(spinmetric);
/** This class represents the totally antisymmetric epsilon tensor. If
public:
tensepsilon(bool minkowski, bool pos_sig);
- // functions overriding virtual functions from bases classes
+ // functions overriding virtual functions from base classes
public:
- void print(std::ostream & os, unsigned upper_precedence=0) const;
+ bool info(unsigned inf) const;
ex eval_indexed(const basic & i) const;
+ bool contract_with(exvector::iterator self, exvector::iterator other, exvector & v) const;
+
+ /** Save (a.k.a. serialize) object into archive. */
+ void archive(archive_node& n) const;
+ /** Read (a.k.a. deserialize) object from archive. */
+ void read_archive(const archive_node& n, lst& syms);
+ // non-virtual functions in this class
+protected:
+ unsigned return_type() const { return return_types::commutative; }
+ 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. */
};
+GINAC_DECLARE_UNARCHIVER(tensepsilon);
// utility functions
-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
* @return newly constructed Lorentz metric tensor */
ex lorentz_g(const ex & i1, const ex & i2, bool pos_sig = false);
+/** Create a spinor metric tensor with specified indices. The indices must be
+ * of class spinidx or a subclass and have a dimension of 2. The spinor
+ * metric is an antisymmetric tensor with a matrix representation of
+ * [[ [[ 0, 1 ]], [[ -1, 0 ]] ]].
+ *
+ * @param i1 First index
+ * @param i2 Second index
+ * @return newly constructed spinor metric tensor */
+ex spinor_metric(const ex & i1, const ex & i2);
+
/** Create an epsilon tensor in a Euclidean space with two indices. The
* indices must be of class idx or a subclass, and have a dimension of 2.
*
} // namespace GiNaC
-#endif // ndef __GINAC_TENSOR_H__
+#endif // ndef GINAC_TENSOR_H
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