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package org.apache.commons.math.analysis;
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import org.apache.commons.math.FunctionEvaluationException;
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* An interface representing a multivariate real function.
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* @version $Revision: 799857 $ $Date: 2009-08-01 09:07:12 -0400 (Sat, 01 Aug 2009) $
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public interface MultivariateRealFunction {
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* Compute the value for the function at the given point.
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* @param point point at which the function must be evaluated
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* @return function value for the given point
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* @exception FunctionEvaluationException if the function evaluation fails
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* @exception IllegalArgumentException if points dimension is wrong
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double value(double[] point)
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throws FunctionEvaluationException, IllegalArgumentException;