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([14, 22,  7], order=31)

In [3]: b = GF.Random(3); b
Out[3]: GF([ 3, 11,  4], 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([[28,  8, 25],
    [21, 24,  7],
    [19,  6, 11]], order=31)

In [6]: B = GF.Random((3,3)); B
Out[6]: 
GF([[ 5, 17, 18],
    [ 1, 11, 18],
    [19, 25, 10]], order=31)

In [7]: np.vdot(A, B)
Out[7]: GF(22, order=31)