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//! The geometric-algebra layer built on the [`super::engine`] core: versors
//! and the sandwich / twisted-sandwich (Pin) action, reflections, the
//! left/right contractions, the pseudoscalar Hodge dual, grade involution,
//! the spinor norm, and the even-grade subalgebra projection.
use super::engine::*;
use crate::scalar::Scalar;
use std::collections::BTreeMap;
impl<S: Scalar> CliffordAlgebra<S> {
/// Projection onto the even subalgebra (the sum of even-grade blades). The
/// even part is closed under the geometric product — it is a subalgebra.
pub fn even_part(&self, v: &Multivector<S>) -> Multivector<S> {
let terms = v
.terms
.iter()
.filter(|(&blade, _)| grade(blade) & 1 == 0)
.map(|(&blade, c)| (blade, c.clone()))
.collect();
Multivector { terms }
}
/// The even subalgebra Cl⁰ presented as a Clifford algebra one dimension
/// smaller. For a diagonal (orthogonal) metric with an invertible generator
/// e_p (i.e. `q_p` is a unit in the scalar ring), the map `f_i = e_i e_p`
/// (i ≠ p) is an algebra isomorphism Cl(Q)⁰ ≅ Cl(Q′) with `f_i² = −q_i q_p`
/// — the classical `Cl(p,q)⁰ ≅ Cl(p, q−1) ≅ Cl(q, p−1)`.
///
/// Returns `None` if:
/// - the metric is non-orthogonal (`b` or `a` nonempty),
/// - there is no invertible (unit) generator to pivot on — i.e. every `q_i`
/// with `q_i.inv().is_some()` is absent. Over a ring backend such as
/// `Integer`, `q_i = 2` is nonzero but not a unit, so it cannot serve as the
/// pivot; this case returns `None` rather than silently producing a
/// non-isomorphic smaller algebra.
pub fn even_subalgebra(&self) -> Option<CliffordAlgebra<S>> {
if !self.metric.b.is_empty() || self.metric.has_upper() {
return None; // only the orthogonal case has this clean presentation
}
// Require the pivot q_p to be a unit (invertible) in the scalar ring.
// A non-zero but non-invertible pivot (e.g. q_p = 2 over Integer) would
// produce a map f_i ↦ e_i e_p that scales even-grade basis elements by
// q_p^{k/2}, which is not a unit — the resulting algebra would not be
// isomorphic to Cl(Q)⁰ over the ring.
let p = (0..self.dim())
.rev()
.find(|&i| self.metric.q_val(i).inv().is_some())?;
let qp = self.metric.q_val(p);
let qprime: Vec<S> = (0..self.dim())
.filter(|&i| i != p)
.map(|i| self.metric.q_val(i).mul(&qp).neg())
.collect();
Some(CliffordAlgebra::new(
self.dim() - 1,
Metric::diagonal(qprime),
))
}
/// The spinor norm ⟨v ṽ⟩₀ (scalar part of `v * reverse(v)`).
pub fn norm2(&self, v: &Multivector<S>) -> S {
let rev = self.reverse(v);
self.scalar_part(&self.mul(v, &rev))
}
/// Grade involution: negate every odd-grade blade.
pub fn grade_involution(&self, v: &Multivector<S>) -> Multivector<S> {
let mut terms = BTreeMap::new();
for (&blade, coeff) in &v.terms {
let c = if grade(blade) & 1 == 1 {
coeff.neg()
} else {
coeff.clone()
};
if !c.is_zero() {
terms.insert(blade, c);
}
}
Multivector { terms }
}
/// The shared invertibility gate underlying both [`versor_inverse`](Self::versor_inverse)
/// and [`spinor_norm`](Self::spinor_norm): `Some(v ṽ)` iff `v * reverse(v)` is
/// a pure, invertible scalar; `None` if `v ṽ` carries any non-scalar grade or
/// its scalar part is not invertible in the backend.
pub(super) fn pure_scalar_norm(&self, v: &Multivector<S>) -> Option<S> {
let rev = self.reverse(v);
let vrev = self.mul(v, &rev);
let n = self.scalar_part(&vrev);
if self.scalar(n.clone()) != vrev {
return None; // v ṽ is not a pure scalar ⇒ not a simple versor
}
n.inv()?;
Some(n)
}
/// Inverse of a versor (a product of invertible vectors): v⁻¹ = ṽ / (v ṽ),
/// valid exactly when `v * reverse(v)` is a nonzero invertible scalar.
/// Returns `None` otherwise (null vector, non-versor, or scalar norm not
/// invertible in the backend).
pub fn versor_inverse(&self, v: &Multivector<S>) -> Option<Multivector<S>> {
let n = self.pure_scalar_norm(v)?;
let ninv = n.inv()?;
Some(self.scalar_mul(&ninv, &self.reverse(v)))
}
/// The (untwisted) sandwich product v x v⁻¹ — the rotor action. Correct for
/// *even* versors (rotors); for odd versors use `twisted_sandwich`. `None`
/// if v isn't invertible as a versor.
pub fn sandwich(&self, v: &Multivector<S>, x: &Multivector<S>) -> Option<Multivector<S>> {
let vinv = self.versor_inverse(v)?;
Some(self.mul(&self.mul(v, x), &vinv))
}
/// The **twisted adjoint** (Pin/Spin) action: α(v) x v⁻¹, where α is the
/// grade involution. This is the representation-theoretically correct versor
/// action on Pin(Q): for an *odd* versor (e.g. a single vector) the α-sign is
/// exactly what turns it into a genuine reflection in every signature; for an
/// *even* versor (rotor) α(v)=v, so it coincides with `sandwich`. `None` if v
/// isn't an invertible versor.
pub fn twisted_sandwich(
&self,
v: &Multivector<S>,
x: &Multivector<S>,
) -> Option<Multivector<S>> {
let vinv = self.versor_inverse(v)?;
let av = self.grade_involution(v);
Some(self.mul(&self.mul(&av, x), &vinv))
}
/// Reflection of x in the hyperplane orthogonal to vector n. This is just the
/// twisted adjoint by the vector n: α(n) x n⁻¹ = −(n x n⁻¹), since n is odd.
/// Routing through `twisted_sandwich` keeps the single sign convention.
pub fn reflect(&self, n: &Multivector<S>, x: &Multivector<S>) -> Option<Multivector<S>> {
self.twisted_sandwich(n, x)
}
/// Left contraction a ⌟ b = Σ_{r≤s} ⟨⟨a⟩_r ⟨b⟩_s⟩_{s−r}.
pub fn left_contract(&self, a: &Multivector<S>, b: &Multivector<S>) -> Multivector<S> {
let mut out = self.zero();
let d = self.dim();
for r in 0..=d {
let ar = self.grade_part(a, r);
if ar.is_zero() {
continue;
}
for s in r..=d {
let bs = self.grade_part(b, s);
if bs.is_zero() {
continue;
}
let prod = self.mul(&ar, &bs);
out = self.add(&out, &self.grade_part(&prod, s - r));
}
}
out
}
/// Right contraction a ⌞ b = Σ_{r≥s} ⟨⟨a⟩_r ⟨b⟩_s⟩_{r−s}.
pub fn right_contract(&self, a: &Multivector<S>, b: &Multivector<S>) -> Multivector<S> {
let mut out = self.zero();
let d = self.dim();
for s in 0..=d {
let bs = self.grade_part(b, s);
if bs.is_zero() {
continue;
}
for r in s..=d {
let ar = self.grade_part(a, r);
if ar.is_zero() {
continue;
}
let prod = self.mul(&ar, &bs);
out = self.add(&out, &self.grade_part(&prod, r - s));
}
}
out
}
/// The unit pseudoscalar I = e₀e₁…e_{dim−1}.
pub fn pseudoscalar(&self) -> Multivector<S> {
let mask = if self.dim() >= MAX_BASIS_DIM {
u128::MAX
} else {
(1u128 << self.dim()) - 1
};
let mut terms = BTreeMap::new();
terms.insert(mask, S::one());
Multivector { terms }
}
/// Hodge-style dual v ↦ v I⁻¹. `None` if the pseudoscalar isn't invertible
/// (a degenerate metric).
pub fn dual(&self, v: &Multivector<S>) -> Option<Multivector<S>> {
let i_inv = self.versor_inverse(&self.pseudoscalar())?;
Some(self.mul(v, &i_inv))
}
/// The undual v ↦ v I — the inverse of [`dual`](Self::dual) (`dual` then
/// `undual` is the identity). Always defined (no inversion needed).
pub fn undual(&self, v: &Multivector<S>) -> Multivector<S> {
self.mul(v, &self.pseudoscalar())
}
/// The **Clifford (main) conjugate** `x̄ = α(x̃)` — reversion composed with
/// grade involution. The third standard involution alongside
/// [`reverse`](Self::reverse) and [`grade_involution`](Self::grade_involution).
///
/// On an **orthogonal metric** the conjugate of a grade-`k` wedge-basis blade is
/// `(−1)^{k(k+1)/2}` times the same blade. On a non-orthogonal metric
/// (`b ≠ 0`), reversion of a grade-`k` wedge blade can mix in lower-grade
/// terms (because `e_j e_i = b_{ij} − e_i∧e_j` introduces a grade-0 scalar),
/// so the result need not be a scalar multiple of the original blade.
pub fn clifford_conjugate(&self, v: &Multivector<S>) -> Multivector<S> {
self.grade_involution(&self.reverse(v))
}
/// The **scalar product** ⟨a b⟩₀ — the grade-0 part of the geometric product.
pub fn scalar_product(&self, a: &Multivector<S>, b: &Multivector<S>) -> S {
self.scalar_part(&self.mul(a, b))
}
/// The **commutator product** `[a,b] = ab − ba`. No `½` factor, so it is
/// char-faithful (in characteristic 2 it coincides with the anticommutator,
/// as it must — there is no sign to separate them).
pub fn commutator(&self, a: &Multivector<S>, b: &Multivector<S>) -> Multivector<S> {
let ab = self.mul(a, b);
let ba = self.mul(b, a);
self.add(&ab, &self.scalar_mul(&S::one().neg(), &ba))
}
/// The **anticommutator product** `{a,b} = ab + ba` (no `½` factor). On two
/// grade-1 vectors this is the polar form `2B(a,b)` carried by the metric.
pub fn anticommutator(&self, a: &Multivector<S>, b: &Multivector<S>) -> Multivector<S> {
self.add(&self.mul(a, b), &self.mul(b, a))
}
/// The **regressive (meet) product** `a ∨ b = J⁻¹(J(a) ∧ J(b))`, with `J` the
/// pseudoscalar dual — the geometric *intersection* of the subspaces `a` and
/// `b` represent (dual to the wedge, which is their join/span). `None` if the
/// pseudoscalar is not invertible (a degenerate metric).
pub fn meet(&self, a: &Multivector<S>, b: &Multivector<S>) -> Option<Multivector<S>> {
let da = self.dual(a)?;
let db = self.dual(b)?;
Some(self.undual(&self.wedge(&da, &db)))
}
/// The **Cayley transform** of a bivector `B`: `(1−B)(1+B)⁻¹`. This is a
/// rational chart on the even Clifford group near `1` for simple bivectors
/// and the low-dimensional cases where unit even elements coincide with
/// rotors; in higher dimensions an arbitrary bivector can map to an even
/// unit-norm element that is not a versor. The formula is still useful because
/// it needs no `cos`/`sin` and no `½`; `None` if `1+B` is not invertible.
///
/// The transform is an **involution** (`cayley∘cayley = id`) for `2`
/// invertible, so [`cayley_inverse`](Self::cayley_inverse) maps a rotor back
/// to its bivector generator by the same formula. Degenerate in char 2
/// (`1−B = 1+B`), where it is identically `1` — intended for char ≠ 2.
pub fn cayley(&self, b: &Multivector<S>) -> Option<Multivector<S>> {
let one = self.scalar(S::one());
let neg_b = self.scalar_mul(&S::one().neg(), b);
let one_minus_b = self.add(&one, &neg_b);
let one_plus_b = self.add(&one, b);
let inv = self.multivector_inverse(&one_plus_b)?;
Some(self.mul(&one_minus_b, &inv))
}
/// The inverse Cayley transform — a rotor `R` back to its bivector generator
/// `(1−R)(1+R)⁻¹`. Identical formula to [`cayley`](Self::cayley) (the map is
/// an involution); named for intent. `None` if `1+R` is not invertible.
pub fn cayley_inverse(&self, r: &Multivector<S>) -> Option<Multivector<S>> {
self.cayley(r)
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use crate::scalar::{Rational, Surreal};
fn r(n: i128) -> Rational {
Rational::from_int(n)
}
fn euclid(n: usize) -> CliffordAlgebra<Rational> {
CliffordAlgebra::new(n, Metric::diagonal(vec![r(1); n]))
}
#[test]
fn clifford_conjugate_signs_by_grade() {
// (−1)^{k(k+1)/2}: scalar +, vector −, bivector −, trivector +.
let alg = euclid(3);
let s = alg.scalar(r(1));
let e0 = alg.e(0);
let e01 = alg.wedge(&alg.e(0), &alg.e(1));
let e012 = alg.pseudoscalar();
assert_eq!(alg.clifford_conjugate(&s), s);
assert_eq!(alg.clifford_conjugate(&e0), alg.scalar_mul(&r(-1), &e0));
assert_eq!(alg.clifford_conjugate(&e01), alg.scalar_mul(&r(-1), &e01));
assert_eq!(alg.clifford_conjugate(&e012), e012);
}
#[test]
fn scalar_and_commutator_products() {
let alg = euclid(3);
let (e0, e1) = (alg.e(0), alg.e(1));
// ⟨e0 e0⟩₀ = q0 = 1; ⟨e0 e1⟩₀ = 0 (orthogonal).
assert_eq!(alg.scalar_product(&e0, &e0), r(1));
assert_eq!(alg.scalar_product(&e0, &e1), r(0));
// orthogonal ⇒ {e0,e1} = 0 and [e0,e1] = 2 e0e1.
assert!(alg.anticommutator(&e0, &e1).is_zero());
let two_e01 = alg.scalar_mul(&r(2), &alg.wedge(&e0, &e1));
assert_eq!(alg.commutator(&e0, &e1), two_e01);
}
#[test]
fn meet_of_two_planes_is_their_common_line() {
// In Cl(3,0): the planes e0∧e1 and e1∧e2 meet in the line e1. The result
// must be a nonzero grade-1 vector contained in both planes.
let alg = euclid(3);
let p1 = alg.wedge(&alg.e(0), &alg.e(1));
let p2 = alg.wedge(&alg.e(1), &alg.e(2));
let line = alg.meet(&p1, &p2).unwrap();
assert!(!line.is_zero());
assert_eq!(alg.grade_part(&line, 1), line); // pure grade 1
// contained in both planes ⇔ wedge with each vanishes
assert!(alg.wedge(&line, &p1).is_zero());
assert!(alg.wedge(&line, &p2).is_zero());
}
#[test]
fn dual_undual_round_trip() {
let alg = euclid(3);
let v = alg.add(&alg.e(0), &alg.wedge(&alg.e(1), &alg.e(2)));
let back = alg.undual(&alg.dual(&v).unwrap());
assert_eq!(back, v);
}
#[test]
fn general_multivector_inverse() {
let alg = euclid(3);
// A vector: the general inverse matches versor_inverse and v·v⁻¹ = 1.
let v = alg.add(&alg.e(0), &alg.scalar_mul(&r(2), &alg.e(1)));
let inv = alg.multivector_inverse(&v).unwrap();
assert_eq!(inv, alg.versor_inverse(&v).unwrap());
assert_eq!(alg.mul(&v, &inv), alg.scalar(r(1)));
// 1 + e0 + e1 : NOT a simple versor (v·ṽ = 3 + 2e0 + 2e1 is not scalar),
// so versor_inverse declines — but the general inverse succeeds two-sided.
let x = alg.add(&alg.add(&alg.scalar(r(1)), &alg.e(0)), &alg.e(1));
assert!(alg.versor_inverse(&x).is_none());
let xi = alg.multivector_inverse(&x).unwrap();
assert_eq!(alg.mul(&x, &xi), alg.scalar(r(1)));
assert_eq!(alg.mul(&xi, &x), alg.scalar(r(1)));
// Zero never inverts.
assert!(alg.multivector_inverse(&alg.zero()).is_none());
}
#[test]
fn nonorthogonal_rotor_uses_true_reversion() {
let mut b = std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
b.insert((0usize, 1usize), r(1));
let alg = CliffordAlgebra::new(2, Metric::new(vec![r(1), r(1)], b));
let e0 = alg.e(0);
let e1 = alg.e(1);
let rotor = alg.mul(&e0, &alg.add(&e0, &e1));
assert_eq!(alg.spinor_norm(&rotor), Some(r(3)));
let inv = alg.versor_inverse(&rotor).unwrap();
assert_eq!(alg.mul(&rotor, &inv), alg.scalar(r(1)));
assert_eq!(alg.classify_versor(&rotor).unwrap().spinor_norm, r(3));
}
#[test]
fn multivector_inverse_in_char_two() {
use crate::scalar::Nimber;
// Over a nimber field (char 2, neg = id) the Gauss–Jordan pivots exercise
// Scalar::sub = add. NB `1+e0` is nilpotent here ((1+e0)² = 1+1 = 0), so it
// is correctly NON-invertible — use a genuine unit `1 + e0 + e1` (it has
// odd augmentation, so it inverts in this commutative char-2 algebra).
let alg = CliffordAlgebra::new(2, Metric::diagonal(vec![Nimber(1), Nimber(1)]));
assert!(alg
.multivector_inverse(&alg.add(&alg.scalar(Nimber(1)), &alg.e(0)))
.is_none()); // 1 + e0 is nilpotent ⇒ no inverse
let x = alg.add(&alg.add(&alg.scalar(Nimber(1)), &alg.e(0)), &alg.e(1));
let xi = alg.multivector_inverse(&x).unwrap();
assert_eq!(alg.mul(&x, &xi), alg.scalar(Nimber(1)));
assert_eq!(alg.mul(&xi, &x), alg.scalar(Nimber(1)));
}
/// `reverse` is transported through the antisymmetric gauge in characteristic
/// 0, so it remains an anti-automorphism on general-bilinear metrics.
#[test]
fn reverse_is_anti_automorphism_on_general_bilinear_char0_metric() {
let mut a = std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
a.insert((0usize, 1usize), r(1));
let alg = CliffordAlgebra::new(
2,
Metric::general(vec![r(1), r(1)], std::collections::BTreeMap::new(), a),
);
let xy = alg.mul(&alg.e(0), &alg.e(1));
assert_eq!(
alg.reverse(&xy),
alg.mul(&alg.reverse(&alg.e(1)), &alg.reverse(&alg.e(0)))
);
}
/// Characteristic 2 keeps the explicit boundary: the antisymmetric-gauge
/// transport used in characteristic 0 is not available there.
#[test]
#[should_panic(expected = "reverse() on general-bilinear")]
fn reverse_panics_on_general_bilinear_char2_metric() {
use crate::scalar::Nimber;
let mut a = std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
a.insert((0usize, 1usize), Nimber(1));
let alg = CliffordAlgebra::new(
2,
Metric::general(
vec![Nimber(1), Nimber(1)],
std::collections::BTreeMap::new(),
a,
),
);
let _ = alg.reverse(&alg.mul(&alg.e(0), &alg.e(1)));
}
/// M-3 check: on a symmetric (b-only, a=0) non-orthogonal metric the
/// anti-automorphism `reverse(xy) = reverse(y)*reverse(x)` holds.
#[test]
fn reverse_is_anti_automorphism_on_symmetric_metric() {
let mut b = std::collections::BTreeMap::new();
b.insert((0usize, 1usize), r(1));
let alg = CliffordAlgebra::new(2, Metric::new(vec![r(1), r(1)], b));
let e0 = alg.e(0);
let e1 = alg.e(1);
// Check reverse(e0 * e1) == reverse(e1) * reverse(e0)
let xy = alg.mul(&e0, &e1);
let rev_xy = alg.reverse(&xy);
let rev_y_rev_x = alg.mul(&alg.reverse(&e1), &alg.reverse(&e0));
assert_eq!(
rev_xy, rev_y_rev_x,
"reverse(e0*e1) != reverse(e1)*reverse(e0) on symmetric metric"
);
// Check on a mixed element
let biv = alg.wedge(&e0, &e1);
let xbiv = alg.mul(&e0, &biv);
assert_eq!(
alg.reverse(&xbiv),
alg.mul(&alg.reverse(&biv), &alg.reverse(&e0)),
"reverse(e0*(e0^e1)) != reverse(e0^e1)*reverse(e0)"
);
}
/// The documented "looks like a bug" contract: `versor_inverse` succeeds
/// iff `v ṽ` is a scalar AND a monomial (over surreals). `1/(ω+1)` is an
/// infinite Hahn series with no finite representation, so a vector whose
/// spinor norm is a genuine sum (not a single term) has no representable
/// inverse — `Surreal::inv` returns `None` on any non-monomial. Regression
/// for that `None`, with a monomial-norm case alongside as the contrast.
#[test]
fn versor_inverse_none_on_nonmonomial_surreal_norm() {
let alg = CliffordAlgebra::new(2, Metric::diagonal(vec![Surreal::omega(), Surreal::one()]));
let v = alg.add(&alg.e(0), &alg.e(1));
// v is a single vector, so reverse(v) = v and v*rev(v) = v^2 = q0 + q1
// = ω + 1 — a genuine two-term sum, not a monomial.
let norm = alg.norm2(&v);
assert_eq!(norm, Surreal::omega().add(&Surreal::one()));
assert!(norm.inv().is_none(), "ω+1 should have no exact inverse");
assert!(alg.versor_inverse(&v).is_none());
// Contrast: a single generator's norm (q0 = ω alone) IS a monomial,
// so it inverts exactly.
assert!(alg.versor_inverse(&alg.e(0)).is_some());
}
#[test]
fn cayley_bivector_to_rotor() {
let alg = euclid(3);
let b = alg.wedge(&alg.e(0), &alg.e(1)); // a bivector generator
let rotor = alg.cayley(&b).unwrap();
// The rotor is even and unit spinor norm (R ~R = 1).
assert_eq!(alg.even_part(&rotor), rotor);
assert_eq!(alg.norm2(&rotor), r(1));
// Involution: cayley back to the bivector.
assert_eq!(alg.cayley_inverse(&rotor).unwrap(), b);
// The rotor's sandwich preserves length.
let x = alg.e(0);
let rx = alg.sandwich(&rotor, &x).unwrap();
assert_eq!(alg.norm2(&rx), alg.norm2(&x));
}
}