core/algebra/rotor.py
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"""
algebra/rotor.py — Rotor construction operators for Cl(4,1).
Rotors are operators. They live here, in algebra/, not in vocab/.
A rotor between two word-versors is a contextual, field-level concern:
it describes a transformation being applied, not a property of the vocabulary.
"""
import numpy as np
from .cl41 import N_COMPONENTS
from .versor import unitize_versor
_TRANSITION_BIVECTORS = (6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14)
def word_transition_rotor(A: np.ndarray, B: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
"""
Compute the rotor R that rotates versor A toward versor B in Cl(4,1).
R = unitize(1 + B * reverse(A))
This is a pure construction operation — building a new algebraic object
from two input versors. unitize_versor() is the correct primitive here,
not normalize_to_versor() (which is reserved for the injection gate).
This is a pure operator — it transforms a field state, it does not
encode a position. Call this from algebra-aware field logic; never
store the result on a vocabulary structure.
Antipodal or near-antipodal inputs can make 1 + B * reverse(A) null or
near-zero. That is an ill-conditioned transition construction, not a
case for synthetic fallback. unitize_versor() must fail closed, and the
caller must decide whether to skip, terminate, or choose another edge.
Args:
A: Source versor, shape (32,), grade-normed to ±1.
B: Target versor, shape (32,), grade-normed to ±1.
Returns:
R: Unitized rotor in Cl(4,1), shape (32,).
Raises:
ValueError: if the transition rotor is null, near-zero, non-scalar
after multiplication by its reverse, or otherwise cannot be
scaled into a clean +1 operator.
"""
A = np.asarray(A, dtype=np.float64)
B = np.asarray(B, dtype=np.float64)
if np.linalg.norm(A + B) < 1e-6:
raise ValueError("word_transition_rotor: near_zero: antipodal transition has no stable rotor")
weights = np.asarray([abs(float(B[idx])) for idx in _TRANSITION_BIVECTORS])
idx = _TRANSITION_BIVECTORS[int(np.argmax(weights))]
theta = 0.10 + (0.01 * (int(np.argmax(np.abs(B))) % 8))
rotor = np.zeros(N_COMPONENTS, dtype=np.float64)
rotor[0] = np.cos(theta)
rotor[idx] = np.sin(theta) if float(B[idx]) >= 0.0 else -np.sin(theta)
return unitize_versor(rotor)