MultivariateMatrixFunction.java revision dee0849a9704d532af0b550146cbafbaa6ee1d19 
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17
18package org.apache.commons.math.analysis;
19
20
21import org.apache.commons.math.FunctionEvaluationException;
22
23/**
24 * An interface representing a multivariate matrix function.
25 * @version $Revision: 1073158 $ $Date: 2011-02-21 22:46:52 +0100 (lun. 21 févr. 2011) $
26 * @since 2.0
27 */
28public interface MultivariateMatrixFunction {
29
30    /**
31     * Compute the value for the function at the given point.
32     * @param point point at which the function must be evaluated
33     * @return function value for the given point
34     * @exception FunctionEvaluationException if the function evaluation fails
35     * @exception IllegalArgumentException if points dimension is wrong
36     */
37    double[][] value(double[] point)
38        throws FunctionEvaluationException, IllegalArgumentException;
39
40}
41