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     17 package org.apache.commons.math.analysis;
     18 
     19 import org.apache.commons.math.FunctionEvaluationException;
     20 
     21 /**
     22  * An interface representing a univariate real function.
     23  *
     24  * @version $Revision: 1070725 $ $Date: 2011-02-15 02:31:12 +0100 (mar. 15 fvr. 2011) $
     25  */
     26 public interface UnivariateRealFunction {
     27 
     28     /**
     29      * Compute the value for the function.
     30      * @param x the point for which the function value should be computed
     31      * @return the value
     32      * @throws FunctionEvaluationException if the function evaluation fails
     33      */
     34     double value(double x) throws FunctionEvaluationException;
     35 
     36 }
     37