Interface AlgebraElem<A extends AlgebraElem<A,C>, C extends RingElem<C>>

Type Parameters:

A - algebra type

C - scalar type

All Superinterfaces:

AbelianGroupElem<A>, Comparable<A>, Element<A>, MonoidElem<A>, RingElem<A>, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenMatrix

public interface AlgebraElem<A extends AlgebraElem<A,C>, C extends RingElem<C>>
extends RingElem<A>

Algabra element interface.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
A	linearCombination(A b, C s)	Linear combination.
A	linearCombination(C a, A b, C s)	Linear combination.
A	scalarMultiply(C s)	Scalar multiplication.

Methods inherited from interface AbelianGroupElem

abs, isZERO, negate, signum, subtract, sum

Methods inherited from interface Element

compareTo, copy, equals, factory, hashCode, toScript, toScriptFactory

Methods inherited from interface MonoidElem

divide, inverse, isONE, isUnit, leftDivide, leftRemainder, multiply, power, quotientRemainder, remainder, rightDivide, rightRemainder, twosidedDivide, twosidedRemainder

Methods inherited from interface RingElem

egcd, gcd, leftGcd, rightGcd

Method Details

scalarMultiply

A scalarMultiply(C s)

Scalar multiplication. Multiply this by a scalar.

Parameters:

s - scalar

Returns:

this * s.

linearCombination

A linearCombination(C a,
 A b,
 C s)

Linear combination.

Parameters:

a - scalar

b - algebra element

s - scalar

Returns:

a * b + this * s.

linearCombination

A linearCombination(A b,
 C s)

Linear combination.

Parameters:

b - algebra element

s - scalar

Returns:

b + this * s.