np.negative

np.negative(x)

Returns the element-wise additive inverse of a Galois field array.

References

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

Examples

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

In [2]: x = GF.Random(10); x
Out[2]: GF([14,  9, 24,  5, 14, 18,  7, 17, 27,  8], order=31)

In [3]: y = np.negative(x); y
Out[3]: GF([17, 22,  7, 26, 17, 13, 24, 14,  4, 23], order=31)

In [4]: x + y
Out[4]: GF([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], order=31)

In [5]: -x
Out[5]: GF([17, 22,  7, 26, 17, 13, 24, 14,  4, 23], order=31)

In [6]: -1*x
Out[6]: GF([17, 22,  7, 26, 17, 13, 24, 14,  4, 23], order=31)