Symmetric

Symmetric[{s1,…,sn}]

represents the symmetry of a tensor that is symmetric in the slots si.

Details

  • The slots si must be different positive numbers. The order of the list is irrelevant.
  • Symmetric[{}] and Symmetric[{s}] are both equivalent to the identity symmetry.
  • Symmetric[All] represents the symmetry of a tensor that is symmetric in all its slots.
  • If an array is symmetric in a set of slots, then all those slots have the same dimension.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

This array is symmetric:

Declare a rank-4 array to be symmetric in three slots:

Then any transposition involving those slots is equivalent to the original tensor:

Scope  (3)

Symmetry in all slots of a symbolic array:

It can also be specified as follows:

Symmetry in the given slots of a symbolic array:

Symmetric[{}] and Symmetric[{s}] are representations of the absence of symmetry:

Such cases are canonicalized to an empty list of generators:

Applications  (3)

Specify the symmetry of a symmetrized array:

Specify the symmetry of a symbolic array:

Symmetrize several slots of an array:

Properties & Relations  (3)

Detect symmetric matrices:

A symmetric tensor can also be specified by providing explicit generators with phase :

The Wolfram Language automatically detects the equivalence:

Overlapping sets of symmetric slots give full symmetry over all those slots:

Non-overlapping sets do not give full symmetry. The resulting symmetry is described using generators:

Possible Issues  (1)

Dimensions must coincide in all symmetry slots:

Wolfram Research (2012), Symmetric, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Symmetric.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2012), Symmetric, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Symmetric.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2012. "Symmetric." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Symmetric.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2012). Symmetric. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Symmetric.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_symmetric, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Symmetric}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Symmetric.html}", note=[Accessed: 22-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_symmetric, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Symmetric}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Symmetric.html}, note=[Accessed: 22-December-2024 ]}