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([22, 26, 20], order=31)

In [3]: b = GF.Random(3); b
Out[3]: GF([24,  4, 15], order=31)

In [4]: np.vdot(a, b)
Out[4]: GF(2, order=31)

In [5]: A = GF.Random((3,3)); A
Out[5]: 
GF([[23, 12, 23],
    [21, 17, 21],
    [24, 26, 26]], order=31)

In [6]: B = GF.Random((3,3)); B
Out[6]: 
GF([[26,  7, 11],
    [11,  9, 16],
    [ 0, 12,  2]], order=31)

In [7]: np.vdot(A, B)
Out[7]: GF(4, order=31)