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17 package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation;
18
19 import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.UnivariateVectorFunction;
20 import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
21
22 /**
23 * Extension of {@link UnivariateVectorFunction} representing a univariate differentiable vectorial function.
24 *
25 * @version $Id: UnivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction.java 1462699 2013-03-30 04:09:17Z psteitz $
26 * @since 3.1
27 */
28 public interface UnivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction
29 extends UnivariateVectorFunction {
30
31 /**
32 * Compute the value for the function.
33 * @param x the point for which the function value should be computed
34 * @return the value
35 * @exception MathIllegalArgumentException if {@code x} does not
36 * satisfy the function's constraints (argument out of bound, or unsupported
37 * derivative order for example)
38 */
39 DerivativeStructure[] value(DerivativeStructure x) throws MathIllegalArgumentException;
40
41 }