source: src/lib/math/symmetry/corrtab.h@ 52aacc

//
// corrtab.h
//
// Copyright (C) 1997 Limit Point Systems, Inc.
//
// Author: Curtis Janssen <cljanss@limitpt.com>
// Maintainer: LPS
//
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#ifdef __GNUC__
#pragma interface
#endif

#ifndef _math_symmetry_corrtab_h
#define _math_symmetry_corrtab_h

#include <iostream>

#include <math/symmetry/pointgrp.h>

namespace sc {

// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
/** The CorrelationTable class provides a correlation
    table between two point groups.
*/
class CorrelationTable: public RefCount {
  private:
    Ref<PointGroup> group_;
    Ref<PointGroup> subgroup_;

    int n_;
    int subn_;
    int *ngamma_;
    int **gamma_;

    void clear();
  public:
    CorrelationTable();

    /// Create a correlation table for the two groups.
    CorrelationTable(const Ref<PointGroup>& group,
                     const Ref<PointGroup>& subgroup);

    ~CorrelationTable();

    /// Returns the higher order point group.
    Ref<PointGroup> group() const { return group_; }
    /// Returns the lower order point group.
    Ref<PointGroup> subgroup() const { return subgroup_; }

    /** Initalize the correlation table.  Returns 0 for success and nonzero
        for failure.  This will fail if the subgroup is not really a subgroup
        of group. */
    int initialize_table(const Ref<PointGroup>& group,
                         const Ref<PointGroup>& subgroup);

    /// Converts error codes from initialize_table into a text string.
    const char *error(int errcod);

    /// Returns the number of irreps in the high order group.
    int n() const { return n_; }
    /// Returns the number of irreps in the subgroup.
    int subn() const { return subn_; }
    /// Returns the degeneracy of the irrep.
    int degen(int igamma) const;
    /// Returns the degeneracy of the subgroup irrep.
    int subdegen(int igamma) const;
    /// Returns the number of irreps in the low order group that an irrep
    //from the high order group can be reduced to.
    int ngamma(int igamma) const { return ngamma_[igamma]; }
    /** Returns the irreps in the low order group that an irrep from the
        high order group can be reduced to. */
    int gamma(int igamma, int i) const { return gamma_[igamma][i]; }

    void print(std::ostream &o=ExEnv::out0()) const;
};

}

#endif

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