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FeynCalc Commutator of Matrices

Mathematica Asked on May 15, 2021

I am trying to learn how to use FeynCalc to handle commutators in Mathematica, but I can’t seem to figure out how to take the commutator of two matrices with entries made up of products non-commuting variables. Does anybody know how this is done?

One Answer

If I understand the question correctly, what you need is Inner[Dot, x, y]

Here is an example of working with Dirac matrices by representing them as 2x2 matrices containing Pauli matrices. From here on you should be able to cook up the code you need for your problem.

gamma[0] = {{1, 0}, {0, -1}}
gamma[i_] := {{0, CSI[i]}, {-CSI[i], 0}}

blockMatrixProduct[x_] := x;
blockMatrixProduct[x_, y_] := Inner[Dot, x, y];
blockMatrixProduct[x_, y_, z__] := 
blockMatrixProduct[x, blockMatrixProduct[y, z]];

blockMatrixProduct[gamma[i], gamma[j], gamma[i]]
DotSimplify[%]

$$ left( begin{array}{cc} 0.left(overline{sigma }^j.left(-overline{sigma }^iright)+0.0right)+overline{sigma }^i.left(0.left(-overline{sigma }^iright)+left(-overline{sigma }^jright).0right) & 0.left(0.overline{sigma }^i+overline{sigma }^j.0right)+overline{sigma }^i.left(left(-overline{sigma }^jright).overline{sigma }^i+0.0right) 0.left(0.left(-overline{sigma }^iright)+left(-overline{sigma }^jright).0right)+left(-overline{sigma }^iright).left(overline{sigma }^j.left(-overline{sigma }^iright)+0.0right) & 0.left(left(-overline{sigma }^jright).overline{sigma }^i+0.0right)+left(-overline{sigma }^iright).left(0.overline{sigma }^i+overline{sigma }^j.0right) end{array} right) $$

$$ left( begin{array}{cc} 0 & -overline{sigma }^i.overline{sigma }^j.overline{sigma }^i overline{sigma }^i.overline{sigma }^j.overline{sigma }^i & 0 end{array} right) $$

Answered by vsht on May 15, 2021

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