I'm unfortunately ignorant of the commutation relations of su(2) and su(3) but I am generally interested in the clear expression of mathematics in code. Are you able to either point to simple and quick-to-read reference or give a clear example of the problem and the importance (I prefer the latter)?
If the problem isn't specific to lie algebras and if you're able to express it clearly then you will be able to leverage a significantly larger proportion of the community. On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Mary Clark <mary.spritel...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hello all, > > As we all know, this is the first week of GSOC and I'm working on a Lie > algebra module. My blog is http://meclark256.wordpress.com/ > > Specifically I'd like to generate some discussion on the issue that I just > wrote about in this week's blog entry, on actual physical commutation > relations for specific Lie algebras. Quoted from my blog: > > What I am, however, running into difficulties about is generating the > commutation relations for su(n) in general. With the somewhat cursory look > I did into this specific issue when I was writing my application, I rather > thought that there was a well-defined relation or algorithm to generate the > commutation relations which I would then just implement. However, upon > really researching this, I’ve realised that there is no such algorithm. > So, while I could have my code dispense the commutation relations for su(2) > and su(3) (which are probably the only cases when you would /really/ want > the actual, physical commuation relations between the basis elements) I > don’t know if this would be worthwhile. > > Specifically, do people think it'd be worthwhile to implement the > commutation relations for su(2) and su(3)? > > Mary > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
