org.jscience.mathematics.structures
Interface Field<F>

All Superinterfaces:

GroupAdditive<F>, GroupMultiplicative<F>, Immutable, Realtime, Ring<F>, java.io.Serializable, Structure<F>

All Known Implementing Classes:

Complex, Float64, Measure, 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).

Version:

3.0, February 13, 2006

Author:

Jean-Marie Dautelle

See Also:

Wikipedia: Field (mathematics)

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javolution.context.Realtime

Realtime.ObjectSpace

Method Summary

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

times

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

opposite, plus

Methods inherited from interface javolution.context.Realtime

move, toText

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

inverse, times