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1 /*
2  * JScience - Java(TM) Tools and Libraries for the Advancement of Sciences.
3  * Copyright (C) 2006 - JScience (http://jscience.org/)
4  * All rights reserved.
5  *
6  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
7  * freely granted, provided that this notice is preserved.
8  */
9 package org.jscience.mathematics.structures;
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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