Simple java inheritance question

Question

Is it possible to extend the Math class and still use the Math class to call the extended method?

For example, I have a method public static double mean (LinkedList<? extends Number) I would like to call like this Math.mean(list). Is this doable? How?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Doc Java.lang.Math is Final class, can't be extended
Update: Static Method can't be inherited & final class can't be extended.

Answer 2

Even if Math wasn't final, you couldn't do this. You can't use a superclass to call a function defined in a subclass. By definition, a subclass has access to all non-private methods defined in the superclass, but a superclass does not have access to functions in a subclass.