Sign on inserting and not contracting #
Given a Wick contraction ฯsฮ associated with a list of states ฯs
and an i : Fin ฯs.length.succ, the change in sign of the contraction associated with
inserting ฯ into ฯs at position i without contracting it.
For each contracted pair {a1, a2} in ฯsฮ if a1 < a2 such that i is within the range
a1 < i < a2 we pick up a sign equal to ๐ข(ฯ, ฯs[a2]).
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The following signs for a grading compliant Wick contraction are equal:
- The sign
ฯsฮ.signInsertNone ฯ ฯs iwhich is given by the following: For each contracted pair{a1, a2}inฯsฮifa1 < a2such thatiis within the rangea1 < i < a2we pick up a sign equal to๐ข(ฯ, ฯs[a2]). - The sign got by moving
ฯthroughฯโโฆฯแตขโโand only picking up a sign whenฯแตขhas a dual. These are equal since: Both ignore uncontracted fields, and for a contracted pair{a1, a2}witha1 < a2 - if
i < a1 < a2then we don't pick up a sign from eitherฯโโorฯโโ. - if
a1 < i < a2then we pick up a sign fromฯโโcases which is equal to๐ข(ฯ, ฯs[a2])(sinceฯsฮis grading compliant). - if
a1 < a2 < ithen we pick up a sign from bothฯโโandฯโโwhich cancel each other out.
For a list ฯs = ฯโโฆฯโ of ๐.FieldOp, a graded compliant Wick contraction ฯsฮ of ฯs,
an i โค ฯs.length, and a ฯ in ๐.FieldOp, then
(ฯsฮ โฉฮ ฯ i none).sign = s * ฯsฮ.sign
where s is the sign arrived at by moving ฯ through the elements of ฯโโฆฯแตขโโ which
are contracted with some element.
The proof of this result involves a careful consideration of the contributions of different
FieldOps in ฯs to the sign of ฯsฮ โฉฮ ฯ i none.
For a list ฯs = ฯโโฆฯโ of ๐.FieldOp, a graded compliant Wick contraction ฯsฮ of ฯs,
and a ฯ in ๐.FieldOp, then (ฯsฮ โฉฮ ฯ 0 none).sign = ฯsฮ.sign.
This is a direct corollary of sign_insert_none.