Data.Field

class (EuclideanRing a, DivisionRing a) <= Field a 

The Field class is for types that are (commutative) fields.

Mathematically, a field is a ring which is commutative and in which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse; these conditions correspond to the CommutativeRing and DivisionRing classes in PureScript respectively. However, the Field class has EuclideanRing and DivisionRing as superclasses, which seems like a stronger requirement (since CommutativeRing is a superclass of EuclideanRing). In fact, it is not stronger, since any type which has law-abiding CommutativeRing and DivisionRing instances permits exactly one law-abiding EuclideanRing instance. We use a EuclideanRing superclass here in order to ensure that a Field constraint on a function permits you to use div on that type, since div is a member of EuclideanRing.

This class has no laws or members of its own; it exists as a convenience, so a single constraint can be used when field-like behaviour is expected.

This module also defines a single Field instance for any type which has both EuclideanRing and DivisionRing instances. Any other instance would overlap with this instance, so no other Field instances should be defined in libraries. Instead, simply define EuclideanRing and DivisionRing instances, and this will permit your type to be used with a Field constraint.

Instances

• (EuclideanRing a, DivisionRing a) => Field a

class (Ring a) <= CommutativeRing a 

The CommutativeRing class is for rings where multiplication is commutative.

Instances must satisfy the following law in addition to the Ring laws:

• Commutative multiplication: a * b = b * a

Instances

• CommutativeRing Int
• CommutativeRing Number
• CommutativeRing Unit
• (CommutativeRing b) => CommutativeRing (a -> b)
• (RowToList row list, CommutativeRingRecord list row row) => CommutativeRing (Record row)

class (Ring a) <= DivisionRing a  where

The DivisionRing class is for non-zero rings in which every non-zero element has a multiplicative inverse. Division rings are sometimes also called skew fields.

Instances must satisfy the following laws in addition to the Ring laws:

• Non-zero ring: one /= zero
• Non-zero multiplicative inverse: recip a * a = a * recip a = one for all non-zero a

The result of recip zero is left undefined; individual instances may choose how to handle this case.

If a type has both DivisionRing and CommutativeRing instances, then it is a field and should have a Field instance.

Members

• recip :: a -> a

Instances

• DivisionRing Number

class (CommutativeRing a) <= EuclideanRing a  where

The EuclideanRing class is for commutative rings that support division. The mathematical structure this class is based on is sometimes also called a Euclidean domain.

Instances must satisfy the following laws in addition to the Ring laws:

• Integral domain: one /= zero, and if a and b are both nonzero then so is their product a * b
• Euclidean function degree:
  • Nonnegativity: For all nonzero a, degree a >= 0
  • Quotient/remainder: For all a and b, where b is nonzero, let q = a / b and r = a `mod` b; then a = q*b + r, and also either r = zero or degree r < degree b
• Submultiplicative euclidean function:
  • For all nonzero a and b, degree a <= degree (a * b)

The behaviour of division by zero is unconstrained by these laws, meaning that individual instances are free to choose how to behave in this case. Similarly, there are no restrictions on what the result of degree zero is; it doesn't make sense to ask for degree zero in the same way that it doesn't make sense to divide by zero, so again, individual instances may choose how to handle this case.

For any EuclideanRing which is also a Field, one valid choice for degree is simply const 1. In fact, unless there's a specific reason not to, Field types should normally use this definition of degree.

The EuclideanRing Int instance is one of the most commonly used EuclideanRing instances and deserves a little more discussion. In particular, there are a few different sensible law-abiding implementations to choose from, with slightly different behaviour in the presence of negative dividends or divisors. The most common definitions are "truncating" division, where the result of a / b is rounded towards 0, and "Knuthian" or "flooring" division, where the result of a / b is rounded towards negative infinity. A slightly less common, but arguably more useful, option is "Euclidean" division, which is defined so as to ensure that a `mod` b is always nonnegative. With Euclidean division, a / b rounds towards negative infinity if the divisor is positive, and towards positive infinity if the divisor is negative. Note that all three definitions are identical if we restrict our attention to nonnegative dividends and divisors.

In versions 1.x, 2.x, and 3.x of the Prelude, the EuclideanRing Int instance used truncating division. As of 4.x, the EuclideanRing Int instance uses Euclidean division. Additional functions quot and rem are supplied if truncating division is desired.

Members

• degree :: a -> Int
• div :: a -> a -> a
• mod :: a -> a -> a

Instances

• EuclideanRing Int
• EuclideanRing Number

lcm :: forall a. Eq a => EuclideanRing a => a -> a -> a

The least common multiple of two values.

gcd :: forall a. Eq a => EuclideanRing a => a -> a -> a

The greatest common divisor of two values.

Operator alias for Data.EuclideanRing.div (left-associative / precedence 7)

class (Semiring a) <= Ring a  where

The Ring class is for types that support addition, multiplication, and subtraction operations.

Instances must satisfy the following law in addition to the Semiring laws:

• Additive inverse: a - a = (zero - a) + a = zero

Members

• sub :: a -> a -> a

Instances

• Ring Int
• Ring Number
• Ring Unit
• (Ring b) => Ring (a -> b)
• (RowToList row list, RingRecord list row row) => Ring (Record row)

negate :: forall a. Ring a => a -> a

negate x can be used as a shorthand for zero - x.

class Semiring a  where

The Semiring class is for types that support an addition and multiplication operation.

Instances must satisfy the following laws:

• Commutative monoid under addition:
  • Associativity: (a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
  • Identity: zero + a = a + zero = a
  • Commutative: a + b = b + a
• Monoid under multiplication:
  • Associativity: (a * b) * c = a * (b * c)
  • Identity: one * a = a * one = a
• Multiplication distributes over addition:
  • Left distributivity: a * (b + c) = (a * b) + (a * c)
  • Right distributivity: (a + b) * c = (a * c) + (b * c)
• Annihilation: zero * a = a * zero = zero

Note: The Number and Int types are not fully law abiding members of this class hierarchy due to the potential for arithmetic overflows, and in the case of Number, the presence of NaN and Infinity values. The behaviour is unspecified in these cases.

Members

• add :: a -> a -> a
• zero :: a
• mul :: a -> a -> a
• one :: a

Instances

• Semiring Int
• Semiring Number
• (Semiring b) => Semiring (a -> b)
• Semiring Unit
• (RowToList row list, SemiringRecord list row row) => Semiring (Record row)

Operator alias for Data.Semiring.add (left-associative / precedence 6)

Operator alias for Data.Semiring.mul (left-associative / precedence 7)