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017package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation;
018
019import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.UnivariateVectorFunction;
020import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
021
022/**
023 * Extension of {@link UnivariateVectorFunction} representing a univariate differentiable vectorial function.
024 *
025 * @since 3.1
026 */
027public interface UnivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction
028    extends UnivariateVectorFunction {
029
030    /**
031     * Compute the value for the function.
032     * @param x the point for which the function value should be computed
033     * @return the value
034     * @exception MathIllegalArgumentException if {@code x} does not
035     * satisfy the function's constraints (argument out of bound, or unsupported
036     * derivative order for example)
037     */
038    DerivativeStructure[] value(DerivativeStructure x) throws MathIllegalArgumentException;
039
040}