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 i
which is given by the following: For each contracted pair{a1, a2}
inฯsฮ
ifa1 < a2
such thati
is within the rangea1 < i < a2
we pick up a sign equal to๐ข(ฯ, ฯs[a2])
. - The sign got by moving
ฯ
throughฯโโฆฯแตขโโ
and only picking up a sign whenฯแตข
has a dual. These are equal since: Both ignore uncontracted fields, and for a contracted pair{a1, a2}
witha1 < a2
- if
i < a1 < a2
then we don't pick up a sign from eitherฯโโ
orฯโโ
. - if
a1 < i < a2
then we pick up a sign fromฯโโ
cases which is equal to๐ข(ฯ, ฯs[a2])
(sinceฯsฮ
is grading compliant). - if
a1 < a2 < i
then we pick up a sign from bothฯโโ
andฯโโ
which 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
FieldOp
s 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
.