np.vdot

np.vdot(a, b)

Returns the dot product of two Galois field vectors.

References

• https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.vdot.html

Examples

In [1]: GF = galois.GF(31)

In [2]: a = GF.Random(3); a
Out[2]: GF([28, 12, 18], order=31)

In [3]: b = GF.Random(3); b
Out[3]: GF([ 0,  7, 12], order=31)

In [4]: np.vdot(a, b)
Out[4]: GF(21, order=31)

In [5]: A = GF.Random((3,3)); A
Out[5]: 
GF([[ 1,  1, 15],
    [14, 30,  3],
    [27, 20, 24]], order=31)

In [6]: B = GF.Random((3,3)); B
Out[6]: 
GF([[12, 10,  8],
    [ 9,  5, 15],
    [19, 19, 20]], order=31)

In [7]: np.vdot(A, B)
Out[7]: GF(7, order=31)