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expression manipulation - Assume symbolic elements as reals in TensorExpand


Let's assume that a, b are complex variables, and A[t],B[u], C[t,u] are matrices.


In[1]   TensorExpand[(a A[t].B[u] + b C[t, u]).C[t, u]]

Out[1] (b C[t, u]).C[t, u] + (a A[t].B[u]).C[t, u]

Now this is not quite what I want. Since a and b are complex, the parentheses are unnecessary. But wait, I can let Mathematica know, that they are not vectors or matrices:


In[1]  $Assumptions = Element[{a, b}, Complexes]
TensorExpand[(a A[t].B[u] + b C[t, u]).C[t, u]]
Out[1] b C[t, u].C[t, u] + a A[t].B[u].C[t, u]

But I want to take this one step further, let's write a function that takes care of the job:


In[1]  myExpand[expr_] := Module[{},
$Assumptions = Element[_Symbol, Complexes];

Return[TensorExpand[expr]];
]
Out[1] (b C[t, u]).C[t, u] + (a A[t].B[u]).C[t, u]

Well, that didn't work as I wanted. But I can still read all the symbolic variables:


In[1]  symbolicQ[x_] := MatchQ[Head[x], Symbol];
myExpand[expr_] := Module[{},
$Assumptions = Element[DeleteDuplicates[Select[Level[expr, Infinity], symbolicQ]], Complexes];
Return[TensorExpand[expr]];
]


However, this feels clumsy. Is there a better way? What is the better way? If in doubt, choose the more performant way.



Answer



This works:


myExpand[expr_] := Assuming[
Cases[expr, _Symbol, All] ∈ Reals,
TensorExpand@expr
]

myExpand[(a A[t].B[u] + b C[t, u]).C[t, u]]

(* b C[t, u].C[t, u] + a A[t].B[u].C[t, u] *)

A few notes:



  • Your Module is unnecessary - it doesn't do anything like this

  • Return is also unnecessary (even with Module). See here

  • If you want to temporarily set $Assumptions, use Assuming. In general (i.e. when there's no function that does it for you, use Block: Block[{$var=…},…]

  • Use Cases[expr,pat,level] instead of Select[Level[expr,level],check]

  • Use MatchQ[expr,_head] instead of MatchQ[Head[expr],head]. This also makes using Cases more natural in this case



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