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([10,  0, 30], order=31)

In [3]: b = GF.Random(3); b
Out[3]: GF([30, 18, 14], order=31)

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

In [5]: A = GF.Random((3,3)); A
Out[5]: 
GF([[13, 21, 21],
    [14, 10, 16],
    [22, 21, 20]], order=31)

In [6]: B = GF.Random((3,3)); B
Out[6]: 
GF([[23,  3,  1],
    [22,  5, 18],
    [25, 11,  6]], order=31)

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