contraction of symmetric with antisymmetric tensor over more than one index

is zero

diff --git a/ginac/indexed.cpp b/ginac/indexed.cpp
index 86fe6115d9b8863819c44e3a393d9c99cd0b01d4..27379fec258572b7cc8606a8dc0875e7071d53e6 100644 (file)
--- a/ginac/indexed.cpp
+++ b/ginac/indexed.cpp
@@ -648,6 +648,16 @@ try_again:
                                }
                        }
 
+                       // Contraction of symmetric with antisymmetric object is zero
+                       if ((ex_to_indexed(*it1).symmetry == indexed::symmetric &&
+                            ex_to_indexed(*it2).symmetry == indexed::antisymmetric
+                         || ex_to_indexed(*it1).symmetry == indexed::antisymmetric &&
+                            ex_to_indexed(*it2).symmetry == indexed::symmetric)
+                        && dummy.size() > 1) {
+                               free_indices.clear();
+                               return _ex0();
+                       }
+
                        // Try to contract the first one with the second one
                        bool contracted = it1->op(0).bp->contract_with(it1, it2, v);
                        if (!contracted) {
@@ -713,17 +723,27 @@ ex simplify_indexed(const ex & e, exvector & free_indices, const scalar_products
        // Simplification of sum = sum of simplifications, check consistency of
        // free indices in each term
        if (is_ex_exactly_of_type(e_expanded, add)) {
-               ex sum = simplify_indexed(e_expanded.op(0), free_indices, sp);
+               bool first = true;
+               ex sum = _ex0();
+               free_indices.clear();
 
-               for (unsigned i=1; i<e_expanded.nops(); i++) {
+               for (unsigned i=0; i<e_expanded.nops(); i++) {
                        exvector free_indices_of_term;
                        ex term = simplify_indexed(e_expanded.op(i), free_indices_of_term, sp);
-                       if (!indices_consistent(free_indices, free_indices_of_term))
-                               throw (std::runtime_error("simplify_indexed: inconsistent indices in sum"));
-                       if (is_ex_of_type(sum, indexed) && is_ex_of_type(term, indexed))
-                               sum = sum.op(0).bp->add_indexed(sum, term);
-                       else
-                               sum += term;
+                       if (!term.is_zero()) {
+                               if (first) {
+                                       free_indices = free_indices_of_term;
+                                       sum = term;
+                                       first = false;
+                               } else {
+                                       if (!indices_consistent(free_indices, free_indices_of_term))
+                                               throw (std::runtime_error("simplify_indexed: inconsistent indices in sum"));
+                                       if (is_ex_of_type(sum, indexed) && is_ex_of_type(term, indexed))
+                                               sum = sum.op(0).bp->add_indexed(sum, term);
+                                       else
+                                               sum += term;
+                               }
+                       }
                }
 
                return sum;