001/*
002 * JScience - Java(TM) Tools and Libraries for the Advancement of Sciences.
003 * Copyright (C) 2006 - JScience (http://jscience.org/)
004 * All rights reserved.
005 * 
006 * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
007 * freely granted, provided that this notice is preserved.
008 */
009package org.jscience.mathematics.structure;
010
011/**
012 * This interface represents an algebraic structure in which the operations of 
013 * addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (except division by zero)
014 * may be performed. It is not required for the multiplication to be 
015 * commutative (non commutative fields are also called division rings
016 * or skew fields). 
017 * 
018 * @author <a href="mailto:jean-marie@dautelle.com">Jean-Marie Dautelle</a>
019 * @version 3.0, February 13, 2006
020 * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_mathematics">
021 *      Wikipedia: Field (mathematics)</a>
022 */
023public interface Field<F> extends Ring<F>, GroupMultiplicative<F> {
024
025}