org.jscience.mathematics.algebraic.fields
Interface Field

All Superinterfaces:

AbelianGroup, Ring

All Known Implementing Classes:

ComplexField, DoubleField, ExactComplexField, ExactRationalField, ExactRealField, RationalField

public interface Field
extends Ring

This interface defines a field (a commutative division ring).

Nested Class Summary

static interface

Field.Member This interface defines a member of a field.

Method Summary

boolean

isInverse(Field.Member a, Field.Member b) Returns true if one member is the inverse of the other.

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.mathematics.algebraic.fields.Ring

isOne, one

Methods inherited from interface org.jscience.mathematics.algebraic.groups.AbelianGroup

isNegative, isZero, zero

Method Detail

isInverse

boolean isInverse(Field.Member a,
                  Field.Member b)

Returns true if one member is the inverse of the other.

Parameters:

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Returns:

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