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34 #pragma once
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36 #include "Math/field.h"
37 
38 template <typename T> class Lattice;
39 struct SU3;
40 
54 class Action{
55 public:
57  virtual double compute(int x, int y, int z, int t, int mu, SU3& newLink) = 0;
59  virtual void computeStaples(int mu) = 0;
61  virtual Lattice<SU3> computeDerivative(int mu) = 0;
63  void initAction(GluonField* field);
64 
65 protected:
67  GluonField* m_lat = nullptr;
68 };
Implementation of a class to perform arithmetics between links.
Definition: su3.h:53
Class that represents the QCD field as an array of 4 SU3 lattices.
Definition: field.h:53
Prototype for the Action class group.
Definition: action.h:54
GluonField * m_lat
The GluonField object the action is linked to.
Definition: action.h:67
virtual double compute(int x, int y, int z, int t, int mu, SU3 &newLink)=0
Computes the action difference around a given link for a suggested move.
void initAction(GluonField *field)
Links the action to a given field and initializes.
Definition: action.cpp:41
Contains the definition of the Field class.
Template class to store an array with 4 dimensional indices of a given datatype. Includes functionali...
Definition: action.h:38
virtual Lattice< SU3 > computeDerivative(int mu)=0
Computes the derivative in a given direction around all links.
virtual void computeStaples(int mu)=0
Computes the sum of the staples around all links.