Ring

All Superinterfaces:

GroupAdditive<R>, javolution.lang.Immutable, Structure<R>, javolution.lang.ValueType

All Known Subinterfaces:

Field<F>

All Known Implementing Classes:

Amount, Complex, ComplexMatrix, Constant, DenseMatrix, Float64, Float64Matrix, FloatingPoint, Integer64, LargeInteger, Matrix, Matrix3D, ModuloInteger, Number, Parameter, Polynomial, Rational, RationalFunction, Real, SparseMatrix
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public interface Ring<R>
extends GroupAdditive<R>
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This interface represents an algebraic structure with two binary operations addition and multiplication (+ and ·), such that (R, +) is an abelian group, (R, ·) is a monoid and the multiplication distributes over the addition.

Version:

3.0, February 13, 2006

Author:

Jean-Marie Dautelle

See Also:

Wikipedia: Mathematical Ring

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  R times(R that)
  Returns the product of this object with the one specified.
  - Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.mathematics.structure.GroupAdditive
    opposite, plus
  - Methods inherited from interface javolution.lang.ValueType
    copy

- Method Detail
  - times
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R times(R that)
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    Returns the product of this object with the one specified.
    
    Parameters:
    
    that - the object multiplier.
    
    Returns:
    
    this · that.