\fi
-% The space of real symmetric n-by-n matrices.
-\newcommand*{\Sn}[1][n]{
- \mathcal{S}\if\detokenize{#1}\detokenize{1}{}\else^{#1}\fi
-}
-
+% The space of real symmetric n-by-n matrices. Does not reduce to
+% merely "S" when n=1 since S^{n} does not mean an n-fold cartesian
+% product of S^{1}.
+\newcommand*{\Sn}[1][n]{ \mathcal{S}^{#1} }
\ifdefined\newglossaryentry
\newglossaryentry{Sn}{
name={\ensuremath{\Sn}},
}
\fi
-% The space of complex Hermitian n-by-n matrices.
-\newcommand*{\Hn}[1][n]{
- \mathcal{H}\if\detokenize{#1}\detokenize{1}{}\else^{#1}\fi
-}
-
+% The space of complex Hermitian n-by-n matrices. Does not reduce to
+% merely "H" when n=1 since H^{n} does not mean an n-fold cartesian
+% product of H^{1}.
+\newcommand*{\Hn}[1][n]{ \mathcal{H}^{#1} }
\ifdefined\newglossaryentry
\newglossaryentry{Hn}{
name={\ensuremath{\Hn}},
}
\fi
+
%
% Basic set operations
%