Yampa-0.9.1.2: src/AFRPAffineSpace.hs

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-- Module      :  AFRPAffineSpace
-- Copyright   :  (c) Yale University, 2003
-- License     :  BSD-style (see the file LICENSE)
-- 
-- Maintainer  :  antony@apocalypse.org
-- Stability   :  provisional
-- Portability :  non-portable (uses GHC extensions)
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-- Affine space type relation.
--
module AFRPAffineSpace where

import AFRPVectorSpace

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-- Affine Space type relation
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infix 6 .+^, .-^, .-.

-- Maybe origin should not be a class method, even though an origin
-- can be assocoated with any affine space.
-- Maybe distance should not be a class method, in which case the constraint
-- on the coefficient space (a) could be Fractional (i.e., a Field), which
-- seems closer to the mathematical definition of affine space, provided
-- the constraint on the coefficient space for VectorSpace is also Fractional.

-- Minimal instance: origin, .+^, .^.
class (Floating a, VectorSpace v a) => AffineSpace p v a | p -> v, v -> a where
    origin   :: p
    (.+^)    :: p -> v -> p
    (.-^)    :: p -> v -> p
    (.-.)    :: p -> p -> v
    distance :: p -> p -> a

    p .-^ v = p .+^ (negateVector v)

    distance p1 p2 = norm (p1 .-. p2)