org.jscience.mathematics.structure

Interface Field<F>

All Superinterfaces:

GroupAdditive<F>, GroupMultiplicative<F>, javolution.lang.Immutable, Ring<F>, Structure<F>, javolution.lang.ValueType

All Known Implementing Classes:

Amount, Complex, Float64, FloatingPoint, ModuloInteger, Rational, RationalFunction, Real

public interface Field<F>
extends Ring<F>, GroupMultiplicative<F>

This interface represents an algebraic structure in which the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (except division by zero) may be performed. It is not required for the multiplication to be commutative (non commutative fields are also called division rings or skew fields).

See Also:

Wikipedia: Field (mathematics)

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.mathematics.structure.Ring

times

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.mathematics.structure.GroupAdditive

opposite, plus

Methods inherited from interface javolution.lang.ValueType

copy

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.mathematics.structure.GroupMultiplicative

inverse, times