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017
018 package org.apache.commons.math.analysis;
019
020
021 import org.apache.commons.math.FunctionEvaluationException;
022
023 /**
024 * An interface representing a multivariate matrix function.
025 * @version $Revision: 1073158 $ $Date: 2011-02-21 22:46:52 +0100 (lun. 21 f??vr. 2011) $
026 * @since 2.0
027 */
028 public interface MultivariateMatrixFunction {
029
030 /**
031 * Compute the value for the function at the given point.
032 * @param point point at which the function must be evaluated
033 * @return function value for the given point
034 * @exception FunctionEvaluationException if the function evaluation fails
035 * @exception IllegalArgumentException if points dimension is wrong
036 */
037 double[][] value(double[] point)
038 throws FunctionEvaluationException, IllegalArgumentException;
039
040 }