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 a vector space over a field with two operations,
13: * vector addition and scalar multiplication.
14: *
15: * @author <a href="mailto:jean-marie@dautelle.com">Jean-Marie Dautelle</a>
16: * @version 3.0, February 13, 2006
17: * @see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_space">
18: * Wikipedia: Vector Space</a>
19: */
20: public interface VectorSpace<V, F extends Field> extends
21: GroupAdditive<V> {
22:
23: /**
24: * Returns the scalar multiplication of this vector by the specified
25: * field element.
26: *
27: * @param a the field element,
28: * @return <code>this ยท a</code>.
29: */
30: V times(F a);
31:
32: }
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