org.jscience.mathematics.structures
Interface VectorSpace<V,F extends Field>

All Superinterfaces:

GroupAdditive<V>, Immutable, Realtime, java.io.Serializable, Structure<V>

All Known Subinterfaces:

VectorSpaceNormed<V,F>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ComplexMatrix, ComplexVector, DenseMatrix, DenseVector, Float64Matrix, Float64Vector, Matrix, MeasureVector, SparseMatrix, SparseVector, Vector

public interface VectorSpace<V,F extends Field>
extends GroupAdditive<V>

This interface represents a vector space over a field with two operations, vector addition and scalar multiplication.

Version:

3.0, February 13, 2006

Author:

Jean-Marie Dautelle

See Also:

Wikipedia: Vector Space

Nested Class Summary

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

Realtime.ObjectSpace

Method Summary

V	times(F a) Returns the scalar multiplication of this vector by the specified field element.

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

opposite, plus

Methods inherited from interface javolution.context.Realtime

move, toText

Method Detail

times

V times(F a)

Returns the scalar multiplication of this vector by the specified field element.

Parameters:

a - the field element,

Returns:

this · a.