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017
018package org.apache.commons.math4.legacy.analysis;
019
020/**
021 * An interface representing a multivariate vectorial function.
022 * @since 2.0
023 */
024public interface MultivariateVectorFunction {
025
026    /**
027     * Compute the value for the function at the given point.
028     * @param point point at which the function must be evaluated
029     * @return function value for the given point
030     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if point's dimension is wrong
031     */
032    double[] value(double[] point)
033        throws IllegalArgumentException;
034}