LinearEquation.md

LinearEquation

Contains the LinearEquation class, which encodes linear equations of any number of variables.

Author: Novak / cszach@proton.me

• LinearEquation
  • ~LinearEquation
    • new LinearEquation(coefficients, constant)
    • .coefficients : Array.<number>
    • .constant : number
    • .numberOfVariables : number
    • .clone() ⇒ LinearEquation
    • .multiplyScalar(k) ⇒ LinearEquation
    • .negate() ⇒ LinearEquation
    • .add(equation) ⇒ LinearEquation
    • .subtract(equation) ⇒ LinearEquation
    • .toArray() ⇒ Array.<number>

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LinearEquation~LinearEquation

Encodes linear equations by storing coefficients in an array and the constant term. Coefficients are stored left-to-right.

Kind: inner class of LinearEquation

• ~LinearEquation
  • new LinearEquation(coefficients, constant)
  • .coefficients : Array.<number>
  • .constant : number
  • .numberOfVariables : number
  • .clone() ⇒ LinearEquation
  • .multiplyScalar(k) ⇒ LinearEquation
  • .negate() ⇒ LinearEquation
  • .add(equation) ⇒ LinearEquation
  • .subtract(equation) ⇒ LinearEquation
  • .toArray() ⇒ Array.<number>

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new LinearEquation(coefficients, constant)

Constructs a LinearEquation instance, which encodes a linear equation.

Param	Type	Description
coefficients	Array.<number>	The coefficients of the linear equation.
constant	number	The constant term of the linear equation.

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linearEquation.coefficients : Array.<number>

Array of this equation's coefficients.

Kind: instance property of LinearEquation

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linearEquation.constant : number

The constant term of this linear equation.

Kind: instance property of LinearEquation

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linearEquation.numberOfVariables : number

The number of variables in this linear equation.

Kind: instance property of LinearEquation

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linearEquation.clone() ⇒ LinearEquation

Returns an instance of LinearEquation that is exactly the same as this instance.

Kind: instance method of LinearEquation
Returns: LinearEquation - An exact copy of this instance

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linearEquation.multiplyScalar(k) ⇒ LinearEquation

Multiplies this linear equation with a scalar.

Kind: instance method of LinearEquation
Returns: LinearEquation - This linear equation

Param	Type	Description
k	number	The scalar to multiply this equation by.

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linearEquation.negate() ⇒ LinearEquation

Negates this equation.

Kind: instance method of LinearEquation
Returns: LinearEquation - This linear equation

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linearEquation.add(equation) ⇒ LinearEquation

Adds a linear equation to this linear equation.

Kind: instance method of LinearEquation
Returns: LinearEquation - This linear equation

Param	Type	Description
equation	LinearEquation	The equation to add to this equation. Both equations must have the same number of coefficients.

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linearEquation.subtract(equation) ⇒ LinearEquation

Subtracts a linear equation from this linear equation.

Kind: instance method of LinearEquation
Returns: LinearEquation - This linear equation

Param	Type	Description
equation	LinearEquation	The equation to subtract this equation to. Both equations must have the same number of coefficients.

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linearEquation.toArray() ⇒ Array.<number>

Returns an array containing the coefficients from left to right and the constant. Helpful in converting to a row or column vector.

Kind: instance method of LinearEquation
Returns: Array.<number> - The array representation of this linear equation

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