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package org.apache.commons.math3;

/**
 * Interface representing a field.
 * 

 * Classes implementing this interface will often be singletons.
 * 
 * @param  the type of the field elements
 * @see FieldElement
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface Field {

    /** Get the additive identity of the field.
     * 

     * The additive identity is the element e0 of the field such that
     * for all elements a of the field, the equalities a + e0 =
     * e0 + a = a hold.
     * 
     * @return additive identity of the field
     */
    T getZero();

    /** Get the multiplicative identity of the field.
     * 

     * The multiplicative identity is the element e1 of the field such that
     * for all elements a of the field, the equalities a × e1 =
     * e1 × a = a hold.
     * 
     * @return multiplicative identity of the field
     */
    T getOne();

    /**
     * Returns the runtime class of the FieldElement.
     *
     * @return The {@code Class} object that represents the runtime
     *         class of this object.
     */
    Class> getRuntimeClass();

}