np.vdot

np.vdot(a, b)

Returns the dot product of two Galois field vectors.

References

Examples

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

In [2]: a = GF.Random(3); a
Out[2]: GF([14,  2, 24], order=31)

In [3]: b = GF.Random(3); b
Out[3]: GF([13, 19, 21], order=31)

In [4]: np.vdot(a, b)
Out[4]: GF(11, order=31)
In [5]: A = GF.Random((3,3)); A
Out[5]: 
GF([[ 4, 13, 13],
    [10,  7, 22],
    [16, 10, 16]], order=31)

In [6]: B = GF.Random((3,3)); B
Out[6]: 
GF([[ 1,  9,  8],
    [ 9, 30, 28],
    [29, 12,  7]], order=31)

In [7]: np.vdot(A, B)
Out[7]: GF(8, order=31)