01: /*
02: * JScience - Java(TM) Tools and Libraries for the Advancement of Sciences.
03: * Copyright (C) 2006 - JScience (http://jscience.org/)
04: * All rights reserved.
05: *
06: * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
07: * freely granted, provided that this notice is preserved.
08: */
09: package org.jscience.mathematics.structure;
10:
11: /**
12: * This interface represents an algebraic structure in which the operations of
13: * addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (except division by zero)
14: * may be performed. It is not required for the multiplication to be
15: * commutative (non commutative fields are also called division rings
16: * or skew fields).
17: *
18: * @author <a href="mailto:jean-marie@dautelle.com">Jean-Marie Dautelle</a>
19: * @version 3.0, February 13, 2006
20: * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_mathematics">
21: * Wikipedia: Field (mathematics)</a>
22: */
23: public interface Field<F> extends Ring<F>, GroupMultiplicative<F> {
24:
25: }
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