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## Vector

### Definition

An instance of data type Vector is a vector of variables of number type NT. Together with the type Matrix it realizes the basic operations of linear algebra.

### Types

Vector::NT
| the ring type of the components.
Vector::iterator
| the iterator type for accessing components.
Vector::const_iterator
| the const iterator type for accessing components.

### Creation

Vector v;
| creates an instance v of type Vector.
Vector v ( int d);
| creates an instance v of type Vector. v is initialized to a vector of dimension d.
Vector v ( int d, NT x);
| creates an instance v of type Vector. v is initialized to a vector of dimension d with entries x.
template <class Forward_iterator>
Vector v ( Forward_iterator first, Forward_iterator last);
| creates an instance v of type Vector; v is initialized to the vector with entries set [first,last). Requirement: Forward_iterator has value type NT.

### Operations

int | v.dimension () | returns the dimension of v.
bool | v.is_zero () | returns true iff v is the zero vector.
NT& | v [ int i] | returns the i-th component of v. Precondition: 0 i v.dimension()-1.
iterator | v.begin () | iterator to the first component.
iterator | v.end () | iterator beyond the last component.

The same operations begin(), end() exist for const_iterator.

Vector | v + v1 | Addition. Precondition: v.dimension() == v1.dimension().
Vector | v - v1 | Subtraction. Precondition: v.dimension() = v1.dimension().
NT | v * v1 | Inner Product. Precondition: v.dimension() = v1.dimension().
Vector | - v | Negation.
Vector& | v += v1 | Addition plus assignment. Precondition: v.dimension() == v1.dimension().
Vector& | v -= v1 | Subtraction plus assignment. Precondition: v.dimension() == v1.dimension().
Vector& | v *= NT s | Scalar multiplication plus assignment.
Vector& | v /= NT s | Scalar division plus assignment.
Vector | NT r * v | Componentwise multiplication with number r.
Vector | v * NT r | Componentwise multiplication with number r.

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