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+++ b/HepLean.lean
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ import HepLean.StandardModel.HiggsBoson.PointwiseInnerProd
 import HepLean.StandardModel.HiggsBoson.Potential
 import HepLean.StandardModel.Representations
 import HepLean.Tensors.ComplexLorentz.Basic
+import HepLean.Tensors.ComplexLorentz.Basis
 import HepLean.Tensors.ComplexLorentz.Lemmas
 import HepLean.Tensors.OverColor.Basic
 import HepLean.Tensors.OverColor.Discrete
diff --git a/HepLean/Tensors/ComplexLorentz/Basis.lean b/HepLean/Tensors/ComplexLorentz/Basis.lean
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@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/-
+Copyright (c) 2024 Joseph Tooby-Smith. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Joseph Tooby-Smith
+-/
+import HepLean.Tensors.Tree.Elab
+import HepLean.Tensors.ComplexLorentz.Basic
+import Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.TensorProduct.Basis
+import HepLean.Tensors.Tree.NodeIdentities.Basic
+import HepLean.Tensors.Tree.NodeIdentities.PermProd
+import HepLean.Tensors.Tree.NodeIdentities.PermContr
+import HepLean.Tensors.Tree.NodeIdentities.ProdComm
+import HepLean.Tensors.Tree.NodeIdentities.ContrSwap
+import HepLean.Tensors.Tree.NodeIdentities.ContrContr
+/-!
+
+## Basis vectors associated with complex Lorentz tensors
+
+Note that this file will be much improved once:
+  https://github.com/leanprover-community/mathlib4/pull/11156
+is merged.
+
+-/
+open IndexNotation
+open CategoryTheory
+open MonoidalCategory
+open Matrix
+open MatrixGroups
+open Complex
+open TensorProduct
+open IndexNotation
+open CategoryTheory
+open TensorTree
+open OverColor.Discrete
+noncomputable section
+namespace Fermion
+namespace complexLorentzTensor
+
+/-- Basis vectors for complex Lorentz tensors. -/
+def basisVector {n : ℕ} (c : Fin n → complexLorentzTensor.C)
+  (b : Π j, Fin (complexLorentzTensor.repDim (c j))) :
+    complexLorentzTensor.F.obj (OverColor.mk c) :=
+  PiTensorProduct.tprod ℂ (fun i => complexLorentzTensor.basis (c i) (b i))
+
+/-- The expansion of the Lorentz covariant metric in terms of basis vectors. -/
+lemma coMetric_expand : {Lorentz.coMetric | μ ν}ᵀ.tensor =
+    basisVector ![Color.down, Color.down] (fun _ => 0)
+    - basisVector ![Color.down, Color.down] (fun _ => 1)
+    - basisVector ![Color.down, Color.down] (fun _ => 2)
+    - basisVector ![Color.down, Color.down] (fun _ => 3) := by
+  simp only [Nat.succ_eq_add_one, Nat.reduceAdd, constTwoNode_tensor,
+    Action.instMonoidalCategory_tensorObj_V, Action.instMonoidalCategory_tensorUnit_V,
+    Functor.id_obj, Fin.isValue]
+  erw [Lorentz.coMetric_apply_one, Lorentz.coMetricVal_expand_tmul]
+  simp only [Fin.isValue, map_sub]
+  congr 1
+  congr 1
+  congr 1
+  all_goals
+    erw [pairIsoSep_tmul, basisVector]
+    apply congrArg
+    funext i
+    fin_cases i
+    all_goals
+      simp only [Nat.succ_eq_add_one, Nat.reduceAdd, Fin.zero_eta, Fin.isValue, OverColor.mk_hom,
+        cons_val_zero, Fin.cases_zero]
+      change _ = Lorentz.complexCoBasisFin4 _
+      simp only [Fin.isValue, Lorentz.complexCoBasisFin4, Basis.coe_reindex, Function.comp_apply]
+      rfl
+
+end complexLorentzTensor
+end Fermion
+end