tvcross.h

A C++ class library for scientific computing

/***************************************************************************
 * blitz/tvcross.h      Cross product of TinyVector<N,3>'s
 *
 * $Id: tvcross.h,v 1.4 2003/12/11 03:44:22 julianc Exp $
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1997-2001 Todd Veldhuizen <[e-mail]>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 *
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 ***************************************************************************/

#ifndef BZ_TVCROSS_H
#define BZ_TVCROSS_H

#ifndef BZ_TINYVEC_H
 #error <blitz/tvcross.h> must be included via <blitz/tinyvec.h>
#endif

BZ_NAMESPACE(blitz)

/*
 * cross product.
 *
 * NEEDS_WORK: - cross product of two different vector types
 *             - cross product involving expressions
 */

template<typename T_numtype>
TinyVector<T_numtype,3> cross(const TinyVector<T_numtype,3>& x, 
    const TinyVector<T_numtype,3>& y)
{
    return TinyVector<T_numtype,3>(x[1]*y[2] - y[1]*x[2],
        y[0]*x[2] - x[0]*y[2], x[0]*y[1] - y[0]*x[1]);
}


BZ_NAMESPACE_END

#endif // BZ_TVCROSS_H