Interface ModulElem<M extends ModulElem<M,C>, C extends RingElem<C>>

Type Parameters:

M - module type

C - scalar type

All Superinterfaces:

AbelianGroupElem<M>, Comparable<M>, Element<M>, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenVector

public interface ModulElem<M extends ModulElem<M,C>, C extends RingElem<C>>
extends AbelianGroupElem<M>

Module element interface. Defines scalar operations.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
M	linearCombination(C a, M b, C s)	Linear combination.
M	linearCombination(M b, C s)	Linear combination.
M	scalarMultiply(C s)	Scalar multiplication.
M	scalarProduct(List<M> b)	Scalar product.
C	scalarProduct(M b)	Scalar product.

Methods inherited from interface AbelianGroupElem

abs, isZERO, negate, signum, subtract, sum

Methods inherited from interface Element

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

Method Details

scalarMultiply

M scalarMultiply(C s)

Scalar multiplication. Multiply this by a scalar.

Parameters:

s - scalar

Returns:

this * s.

linearCombination

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

Linear combination.

Parameters:

a - scalar

b - module element

s - scalar

Returns:

a * b + this * s.

linearCombination

M linearCombination(M b,
 C s)

Linear combination.

Parameters:

b - module element

s - scalar

Returns:

b + this * s.

scalarProduct

C scalarProduct(M b)

Scalar product. Multiply two vectors to become a scalar.

Parameters:

b - module element

Returns:

this * b, a scalar.

scalarProduct

M scalarProduct(List<M> b)

Scalar product. Multiply this vectors by list of vectors to become a vector.

Parameters:

b - list of module elements

Returns:

this * b, a list of scalars, a module element.