Some documentation updates

kmath-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/kmath/domains/DoubleDomain.kt

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import space.kscience.kmath.misc.UnstableKMathAPI
  */
 @UnstableKMathAPI
 public interface DoubleDomain : Domain<Double> {
-
     /**
      * Global lower edge
      * @param num axis number

kmath-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/kmath/linear/LinearSolver.kt

@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ package space.kscience.kmath.linear
 import space.kscience.kmath.nd.as1D
 
 /**
- * A group of methods to resolve equation A dot X = B, where A and B are matrices or vectors
+ * A group of methods to solve for *X* in equation *X = A <sup>-1</sup> &middot; B*, where *A* and *B* are matrices or
+ * vectors.
+ *
+ * @param T the type of items.
  */
 public interface LinearSolver<T : Any> {
     /**
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ public interface LinearSolver<T : Any> {
 }
 
 /**
- * Convert matrix to vector if it is possible
+ * Convert matrix to vector if it is possible.
  */
 public fun <T : Any> Matrix<T>.asVector(): Point<T> =
     if (this.colNum == 1)
@@ -31,4 +34,11 @@ public fun <T : Any> Matrix<T>.asVector(): Point<T> =
     else
         error("Can't convert matrix with more than one column to vector")
 
+/**
+ * Creates an n &times; 1 [VirtualMatrix], where n is the size of the given buffer.
+ *
+ * @param T the type of elements contained in the buffer.
+ * @receiver a buffer.
+ * @return the new matrix.
+ */
 public fun <T : Any> Point<T>.asMatrix(): VirtualMatrix<T> = VirtualMatrix(size, 1) { i, _ -> get(i) }

kmath-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/kmath/linear/LinearSpace.kt

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public typealias Matrix<T> = Structure2D<T>
 
 /**
  * Alias or using [Buffer] as a point/vector in a many-dimensional space.
+ *
+ * @param T the type of elements contained in the buffer.
  */
 public typealias Point<T> = Buffer<T>
 

kmath-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/kmath/operations/Algebra.kt

@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ public fun <T : Any> Algebra<T>.bindSymbol(symbol: Symbol): T = bindSymbol(symbo
 public inline operator fun <A : Algebra<*>, R> A.invoke(block: A.() -> R): R = run(block)
 
 /**
- * Represents linear space without neutral element, i.e. algebraic structure with associative, binary operation [add]
+ * Represents group without neutral element (also known as inverse semigroup), i.e. algebraic structure with
- * and scalar multiplication [multiply].
+ * associative, binary operation [add].
  *
  * @param T the type of element of this semispace.
  */
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public interface GroupOperations<T> : Algebra<T> {
 }
 
 /**
- * Represents linear space with neutral element, i.e. algebraic structure with associative, binary operation [add].
+ * Represents group, i.e. algebraic structure with associative, binary operation [add].
  *
  * @param T the type of element of this semispace.
  */
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ public interface Group<T> : GroupOperations<T> {
 }
 
 /**
- * Represents rng, i.e. algebraic structure with associative, binary, commutative operation [add] and associative,
+ * Represents ring without multiplicative and additive identities, i.e. algebraic structure with
- * operation [multiply] distributive over [add].
+ * associative, binary, commutative operation [add] and associative, operation [multiply] distributive over [add].
  *
  * @param T the type of element of this semiring.
  */
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public interface Ring<T> : Group<T>, RingOperations<T> {
 }
 
 /**
- * Represents field without identity elements, i.e. algebraic structure with associative, binary, commutative operations
+ * Represents field without without multiplicative and additive identities, i.e. algebraic structure with associative, binary, commutative operations
  * [add] and [multiply]; binary operation [divide] as multiplication of left operand by reciprocal of right one.
  *
  * @param T the type of element of this semifield.
@@ -276,10 +276,11 @@ public interface FieldOperations<T> : RingOperations<T> {
 }
 
 /**
- * Represents field, i.e. algebraic structure with three operations: associative "addition" and "multiplication",
+ * Represents field, i.e. algebraic structure with three operations: associative, commutative addition and
- * and "division" and their neutral elements.
+ * multiplication, and division. **This interface differs from the eponymous mathematical definition: fields in KMath
+ * also support associative multiplication by scalar.**
  *
- * @param T the type of element of this semifield.
+ * @param T the type of element of this field.
  */
 public interface Field<T> : Ring<T>, FieldOperations<T>, ScaleOperations<T>, NumericAlgebra<T> {
     override fun number(value: Number): T = scale(one, value.toDouble())

kmath-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/kmath/operations/BigInt.kt

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import kotlin.math.max
 import kotlin.math.min
 import kotlin.math.sign
 
-public typealias Magnitude = UIntArray
+private typealias Magnitude = UIntArray
-public typealias TBase = ULong
+private typealias TBase = ULong
 
 /**
  * Kotlin Multiplatform implementation of Big Integer numbers (KBigInteger).
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ private fun stripLeadingZeros(mag: Magnitude): Magnitude {
     return mag.sliceArray(IntRange(0, resSize))
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the absolute value of the given value [x].
+ */
 public fun abs(x: BigInt): BigInt = x.abs()
 
 /**

kmath-functions/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/kmath/functions/Piecewise.kt

@@ -2,14 +2,28 @@ package space.kscience.kmath.functions
 
 import space.kscience.kmath.operations.Ring
 
+/**
+ * Represents piecewise-defined function.
+ *
+ * @param T the piece key type.
+ * @param R the sub-function type.
+ */
 public fun interface Piecewise<T, R> {
+    /**
+     * Returns the appropriate sub-function for given piece key.
+     */
     public fun findPiece(arg: T): R?
 }
 
+/**
+ * Represents piecewise-defined function where all the sub-functions are polynomials.
+ */
 public fun interface PiecewisePolynomial<T : Any> : Piecewise<T, Polynomial<T>>
 
 /**
- * Ordered list of pieces in piecewise function
+ * Basic [Piecewise] implementation where all the pieces are ordered by the [Comparable] type instances.
+ *
+ * @param T the comparable piece key type.
  */
 public class OrderedPiecewisePolynomial<T : Comparable<T>>(delimiter: T) :
     PiecewisePolynomial<T> {
@@ -17,8 +31,10 @@ public class OrderedPiecewisePolynomial<T : Comparable<T>>(delimiter: T) :
     private val pieces: MutableList<Polynomial<T>> = arrayListOf()
 
     /**
-     * Dynamically add a piece to the "right" side (beyond maximum argument value of previous piece)
+     * Dynamically adds a piece to the right side (beyond maximum argument value of previous piece)
-     * @param right new rightmost position. If is less then current rightmost position, a error is thrown.
+     *
+     * @param right new rightmost position. If is less then current rightmost position, an error is thrown.
+     * @param piece the sub-function.
      */
     public fun putRight(right: T, piece: Polynomial<T>) {
         require(right > delimiters.last()) { "New delimiter should be to the right of old one" }
@@ -26,13 +42,19 @@ public class OrderedPiecewisePolynomial<T : Comparable<T>>(delimiter: T) :
         pieces.add(piece)
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Dynamically adds a piece to the left side (beyond maximum argument value of previous piece)
+     *
+     * @param left the new leftmost position. If is less then current rightmost position, an error is thrown.
+     * @param piece the sub-function.
+     */
     public fun putLeft(left: T, piece: Polynomial<T>) {
         require(left < delimiters.first()) { "New delimiter should be to the left of old one" }
         delimiters.add(0, left)
         pieces.add(0, piece)
     }
 
-    override fun findPiece(arg: T): Polynomial<T>? {
+    public override fun findPiece(arg: T): Polynomial<T>? {
         if (arg < delimiters.first() || arg >= delimiters.last())
             return null
         else {
@@ -46,7 +68,8 @@ public class OrderedPiecewisePolynomial<T : Comparable<T>>(delimiter: T) :
 }
 
 /**
- * Return a value of polynomial function with given [ring] an given [arg] or null if argument is outside of piecewise definition.
+ * Return a value of polynomial function with given [ring] an given [arg] or null if argument is outside of piecewise
+ * definition.
  */
 public fun <T : Comparable<T>, C : Ring<T>> PiecewisePolynomial<T>.value(ring: C, arg: T): T? =
     findPiece(arg)?.value(ring, arg)

kmath-functions/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/kmath/functions/Polynomial.kt

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import kotlin.math.pow
  */
 public inline class Polynomial<T : Any>(public val coefficients: List<T>)
 
+/**
+ * Returns a [Polynomial] instance with given [coefficients].
+ */
 @Suppress("FunctionName")
 public fun <T : Any> Polynomial(vararg coefficients: T): Polynomial<T> = Polynomial(coefficients.toList())