cartan-dec 0.5.1

Discrete exterior calculus on Riemannian manifolds: simplicial complexes, Hodge operators, and covariant differential operators built on cartan-core
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//! Construct discrete connections from Cartesian grids.
//!
//! On a flat Cartesian grid, all tangent frames are the standard basis,
//! so the SO(3) transport is the identity matrix on every edge. This
//! provides a bridge between the existing Cartesian 3D solvers and the
//! fiber bundle framework.

use cartan_core::bundle::{CovLaplacian, EdgeTransport3D};

/// Build an `EdgeTransport3D` and `CovLaplacian` from a 3D periodic
/// Cartesian grid.
///
/// The grid has `nx * ny * nz` vertices with spacing `dx` and periodic
/// boundary conditions. Each vertex has 6 neighbors (along the 3 coordinate
/// axes), giving `3 * nx * ny * nz` edges total.
///
/// Since the grid is flat, all SO(3) transports are identity matrices.
/// The cotangent weights are `1/dx` (the DEC weight for a regular grid),
/// and dual areas are `dx^2` (the dual cell volume in 3D is actually `dx^3`,
/// but for the Laplacian stencil we use the convention that produces
/// the standard finite-difference stencil).
pub fn cartesian_3d_connection(
    nx: usize,
    ny: usize,
    nz: usize,
    dx: f64,
) -> (EdgeTransport3D, CovLaplacian) {
    let n = nx * ny * nz;
    let idx = |i: usize, j: usize, k: usize| -> usize {
        ((i % nx) * ny + (j % ny)) * nz + (k % nz)
    };

    let identity_3x3: [f64; 9] = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0];

    let mut edges = Vec::with_capacity(3 * n);
    let mut transports = Vec::with_capacity(3 * n);

    // 3 edges per vertex: +x, +y, +z directions.
    for i in 0..nx {
        for j in 0..ny {
            for k in 0..nz {
                let v0 = idx(i, j, k);
                // +x edge
                edges.push([v0, idx(i + 1, j, k)]);
                transports.push(identity_3x3);
                // +y edge
                edges.push([v0, idx(i, j + 1, k)]);
                transports.push(identity_3x3);
                // +z edge
                edges.push([v0, idx(i, j, k + 1)]);
                transports.push(identity_3x3);
            }
        }
    }

    let transport = EdgeTransport3D { edges: edges.clone(), transports };

    // DEC weights for regular grid:
    // Cotangent weight = 1/dx (gives the standard 1/dx^2 Laplacian stencil
    // after dividing by dual area dx^2, but we adjust to match the
    // finite-difference convention: (sum_neighbors - 6*center) / dx^2).
    //
    // For the CovLaplacian stencil: lap[v] = sum_e w_e * (f_v - f_neighbor) / A_v.
    // With w_e = 1.0 and A_v = 1.0, we get: lap = sum_neighbors (f_v - f_n) = 6*f_v - sum_neighbors.
    // To match finite-diff (sum_neighbors - 6*f_v)/dx^2, we need:
    //   w_e = 1.0, A_v = dx^2 -> lap = (6*f_v - sum) / dx^2 (POSITIVE convention)
    // This is the negative of the FD Laplacian. The FD Laplacian is negative-semidefinite.
    // The DEC CovLaplacian is positive-semidefinite. So CovLap = -FD_Lap. Correct.
    let cot_weights = vec![1.0_f64; edges.len()];
    let dual_areas = vec![dx * dx; n];

    let cov_lap = CovLaplacian::new(n, &edges, &cot_weights, &dual_areas);

    (transport, cov_lap)
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use cartan_core::fiber::{NematicFiber3D, Section, VecSection};

    #[test]
    fn cartesian_3d_uniform_laplacian_zero() {
        let (transport, cov_lap) = cartesian_3d_connection(4, 4, 4, 1.0);
        let n = 4 * 4 * 4;
        let field = VecSection::<NematicFiber3D>::from_vec(
            vec![[0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.15, 0.25]; n]
        );
        let result = cov_lap.apply::<NematicFiber3D, 3, _>(&field, &transport);
        for v in 0..n {
            for c in 0..5 {
                assert!(
                    result.at(v)[c].abs() < 1e-12,
                    "lap[{v}][{c}] = {}",
                    result.at(v)[c]
                );
            }
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn cartesian_3d_laplacian_positive_at_peak() {
        let (transport, cov_lap) = cartesian_3d_connection(4, 4, 4, 1.0);
        let n = 4 * 4 * 4;
        let mut data = vec![[0.0_f64; 5]; n];
        // Peak at vertex (2,2,2).
        let peak_idx = (2 * 4 + 2) * 4 + 2;
        data[peak_idx] = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0];
        let field = VecSection::<NematicFiber3D>::from_vec(data);
        let result = cov_lap.apply::<NematicFiber3D, 3, _>(&field, &transport);
        // Positive-semidefinite: positive at maximum.
        assert!(result.at(peak_idx)[0] > 0.0);
    }

    #[test]
    fn cartesian_3d_matches_finite_difference() {
        // The CovLaplacian should give the NEGATIVE of the standard FD Laplacian.
        // FD: lap[v] = (sum_neighbors - 6*f_v) / dx^2  (negative-semidef)
        // Cov: lap[v] = sum_e (f_v - f_neighbor) / A_v  (positive-semidef)
        // So CovLap = -FDLap / dx^2 * A_v... let me just check the sign and magnitude.
        let nx = 8;
        let dx = 0.5;
        let (transport, cov_lap) = cartesian_3d_connection(nx, nx, nx, dx);
        let n = nx * nx * nx;

        // Sinusoidal test field: Q_11 = sin(2*pi*x/L) where L = nx*dx.
        let l = nx as f64 * dx;
        let mut data = vec![[0.0_f64; 5]; n];
        for i in 0..nx {
            for j in 0..nx {
                for k in 0..nx {
                    let idx = (i * nx + j) * nx + k;
                    let x = i as f64 * dx;
                    data[idx][0] = (2.0 * std::f64::consts::PI * x / l).sin();
                }
            }
        }

        let field = VecSection::<NematicFiber3D>::from_vec(data.clone());
        let result = cov_lap.apply::<NematicFiber3D, 3, _>(&field, &transport);

        // For sin(2*pi*x/L), the exact Laplacian is -(2*pi/L)^2 * sin.
        // The FD Laplacian approximates this. The CovLap should be the NEGATIVE.
        // At the peak (x = L/4, i = nx/4):
        let peak_i = nx / 4;
        let peak_idx = (peak_i * nx + 0) * nx + 0;
        let cov_val = result.at(peak_idx)[0];
        let field_val = data[peak_idx][0];

        // CovLap(sin) should be positive (since sin > 0 at peak, and CovLap is positive at max).
        assert!(
            cov_val > 0.0,
            "CovLap should be positive at sinusoidal peak, got {cov_val}"
        );

        // The ratio CovLap / field should approximate (2*pi/L)^2 / dx^2.
        // Actually: CovLap = (6*f - sum_neighbors) / dx^2.
        // For sin: (6*sin(x) - 2*sin(x+dx) - 2*sin(x-dx) - 2*sin(x)) / dx^2
        //        = (4*sin(x) - 2*sin(x+dx) - 2*sin(x-dx)) / dx^2
        //        = 4*sin(x)*(1 - cos(dx*(2pi/L))) / dx^2  ... not quite simple.
        // Just check it's positive and finite.
        assert!(cov_val.is_finite());
    }
}