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017package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation;
018
019import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.UnivariateFunction;
020
021/** Interface defining the function differentiation operation.
022 * @since 3.1
023 */
024public interface UnivariateFunctionDifferentiator {
025
026    /** Create an implementation of a {@link UnivariateDifferentiableFunction
027     * differential} from a regular {@link UnivariateFunction function}.
028     * @param function function to differentiate
029     * @return differential function
030     */
031    UnivariateDifferentiableFunction differentiate(UnivariateFunction function);
032
033}