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FiniteLinearAggregateFunctions2
provides functions involving two FiniteLinearAggregates where the underlying domains might be different. An example of this might be creating a list of rational numbers by mapping a function across a list of integers where the function divides each integer by 1000.
map(f, a)
applies function f
to each member of aggregate a
resulting in a new aggregate over a possibly different underlying domain.
reduce(f, a, r)
applies function f
to each successive element of the aggregate a
and an accumulant initialized to r
. For example, reduce(_+$Integer, [1, 2, 3], 0)
does 3+(2+(1+0))
. Note: third argument r
may be regarded as the identity element for the function f
.
scan(f, a, r)
successively applies reduce(f, x, r)
to more and more leading sub-aggregates x
of aggregate a
. More precisely, if a
is [a1, a2, ...]
, then scan(f, a, r)
returns [reduce(f, [a1], r), reduce(f, [a1, a2], r), ...]
.