CommutativeSemigroup (tensorics-core API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of elements of the underlying set.

All Superinterfaces:

GrouplikeStructure<T>, Magma<T>, Semigroup<T>, Structure<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

AbelianGroup<T>, CommutativeMonoid<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAbelianGroup
```
public interface CommutativeSemigroup<T>
extends Semigroup<T>
```
The algebraic structure of a commutative semigroup, meaning that the operation of the semigroup is commutative and associative.

See Also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutative_semigroup

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CommutativeAssociativeOperation<T>`	`operation()`	Has to return the binary operation (M x M = M) for this Magma.

- Method Detail
  - operation
```
CommutativeAssociativeOperation<T> operation()
```
    Description copied from interface: GrouplikeStructure
    
    Has to return the binary operation (M x M = M) for this Magma.
    
    Specified by:
    
    operation in interface GrouplikeStructure<T>
    
    Specified by:
    
    operation in interface Semigroup<T>
    
    Returns:
    
    the binary operation.