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17
18 package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation;
19
20 import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.MultivariateVectorFunction;
21 import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
22
23
24 /**
25 * Extension of {@link MultivariateVectorFunction} representing a
26 * multivariate differentiable vectorial function.
27 * @version $Id: MultivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction.java 1462496 2013-03-29 14:56:08Z psteitz $
28 * @since 3.1
29 */
30 public interface MultivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction
31 extends MultivariateVectorFunction {
32
33 /**
34 * Compute the value for the function at the given point.
35 * @param point point at which the function must be evaluated
36 * @return function value for the given point
37 * @exception MathIllegalArgumentException if {@code point} does not
38 * satisfy the function's constraints (wrong dimension, argument out of bound,
39 * or unsupported derivative order for example)
40 */
41 DerivativeStructure[] value(DerivativeStructure[] point)
42 throws MathIllegalArgumentException;
43
44 }