Let us say I have the following commutation relations for an algebra:
$[J0,J1]=J2$
$[J0,J2]=-J1$
$[J1,J2]=2J0$
I would like to define these commutation relations and do manipulations with them. For example, I would like to calculate
$[J0,[J0,J1]]+[[J1,J2],J1]$.
How do (or, can) we do this in SageMath?
Bonus question: Can we find the Casimir operator for this algebra in SageMath?
Lie algebra approach:
sage: d = {('J0', 'J1'): {'J2': 1}, ('J0', 'J2'): {'J1': -1}, ('J1', 'J2'): {'J0': 2}}
sage: F.<J0, J1, J2> = LieAlgebra(QQ, d)
sage: F
Lie algebra on 3 generators (J0, J1, J2) over Rational Field
sage: F.bracket(J0, J1)
J2
sage: F.bracket(J0, F.bracket(J0, J1))
-J1
sage: F.bracket(J0, F.bracket(J0, J1)) + F.bracket(F.bracket(J1, J2), J1)
-J1 + 2*J2
Flawed approach below; feel free to ignore (or work on Sage to improve things!).
The following naïve approach doesn't seem to work well in Sage:
sage: F.<J0,J1,J2> = FreeAlgebra(QQ)
sage: def comm(x,y): return x*y-y*x
sage: I = F.ideal(comm(J0, J1) - J2, comm(J0, J2) + J1, comm(J1, J2) - 2*J0)
sage: A = F.quotient(I)
sage: comm(J0, comm(J0, J1)) + comm(comm(J1, J2), J1)
J0^2*J1 - 2*J0*J1*J0 + J1*J0^2 - J1^2*J2 + 2*J1*J2*J1 - J2*J1^2
sage: A(comm(J0, comm(J0, J1)) + comm(comm(J1, J2), J1))
J0bar^2*J1bar - 2*J0bar*J1bar*J0bar + J1bar*J0bar^2 - J1bar^2*J2bar + 2*J1bar*J2bar*J1bar - J2bar*J1bar^2
This is clearly flawed. It can't even tell that the generators of the ideal are sent to zero in the quotient:
sage: [A(x)==0 for x in I.gens()]
[False, False, False]
Another approach would be to construct the algebra from scratch. You should be able to describe a vector space basis for it, so you can then construct it using CombinatorialFreeModule, the way Clifford algebras (among many other examples) are constructed in Sage.
Asked: 2022-04-22 23:09:27 +0100
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Searching the source code for 'Casimir' comes up almost empty.
Thank you! I was expecting that as it is not a straightforward calculation.
Maybe I am pushing my luck but can we define calculations like
$[J1,J0J2]=[J1,J0]J2+J0[J1,J2]$
?
You could define
Fas in my answer and then useA = F.enveloping_algebra(), and take a quotient ofAbyA.ideal( <your relation> , side='twosided').Thank you, I changed
.enveloping_algebra()to.universal_enveloping_algebra()as in the followingand it worked. However, if I change QQ to CC or SR, this yields the error "AttributeError: 'LieAlgebraWithStructureCoefficients_with_category' object has no attribute 'lift'". I may need to use imaginary numbers or symbolic variables in the future.