/// <summary>
/// creates a clone of this vector
/// </summary>
/// <returns>the cloned vector</returns>
public Vector Clone()
{
Vector buffer = new Vector(Dimensions);
for (int i = 0; i < Dimensions; i++)
{
buffer[i] = this[i];
}
return buffer;
}
/// <summary>
/// calculates the scalar product of this vector with another vector
/// </summary>
/// <param name="other">the other vector of the product</param>
/// <returns>the calculated scalar</returns>
public double ScalarProduct(Vector other)
{
if (Dimensions != other.Dimensions)
throw new DimensionMismatchException(
"The scalar product can only be calculated for vectors of the same length");
double result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < Dimensions; i++)
{
result += this[i]*other[i];
}
return result;
}
public static Vector operator -(Vector v)
{
Vector buffer = new Vector(v.Dimensions);
for (int i = 0; i < v.Dimensions; i++)
{
buffer[i] = -v[i];
}
return buffer;
}