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017
018 package org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.differentiation;
019
020 import org.apache.commons.math3.analysis.MultivariateVectorFunction;
021 import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MathIllegalArgumentException;
022
023
024 /**
025 * Extension of {@link MultivariateVectorFunction} representing a
026 * multivariate differentiable vectorial function.
027 * @version $Id: MultivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction.java 1416643 2012-12-03 19:37:14Z tn $
028 * @since 3.1
029 */
030 public interface MultivariateDifferentiableVectorFunction
031 extends MultivariateVectorFunction {
032
033 /**
034 * Compute the value for the function at the given point.
035 * @param point point at which the function must be evaluated
036 * @return function value for the given point
037 * @exception MathIllegalArgumentException if {@code point} does not
038 * fulfill functions constraints (wrong dimension, argument out of bound,
039 * or unsupported derivative order for example)
040 */
041 DerivativeStructure[] value(DerivativeStructure[] point)
042 throws MathIllegalArgumentException;
043
044 }