commons-numbers-core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/numbers/core/Multiplication.java

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package org.apache.commons.numbers.core;

/**
 * Multiplication.
 *
 * @param <T> Type of elements.
 */
public interface Multiplication<T> {
    /**
     * Binary multiplication.
     *
     * @param a Element.
     * @return {@code this * a}.
     */
    T multiply(T a);

    /**
     * Identity element.
     *
     * @return the field element such that for all {@code a},
     * {@code one().multiply(a).equals(a)} is {@code true}.
     */
    T one();

    /**
     * Multiplicative inverse.
     *
     * @return <code>this<sup>-1</sup></code>.
     */
    T reciprocal();
}