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017    
018    package org.apache.commons.math.optimization;
019    
020    import org.apache.commons.math.analysis.DifferentiableMultivariateRealFunction;
021    
022    /**
023     * This interface represents an optimization algorithm for
024     * {@link DifferentiableMultivariateRealFunction scalar differentiable objective
025     * functions}.
026     * Optimization algorithms find the input point set that either {@link GoalType
027     * maximize or minimize} an objective function.
028     *
029     * @see MultivariateRealOptimizer
030     * @see DifferentiableMultivariateVectorialOptimizer
031     *
032     * @version $Id: DifferentiableMultivariateRealOptimizer.java 1131229 2011-06-03 20:49:25Z luc $
033     * @since 2.0
034     */
035    public interface DifferentiableMultivariateRealOptimizer
036        extends BaseMultivariateRealOptimizer<DifferentiableMultivariateRealFunction> {}