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package org.hipparchus.analysis;
/**
* An interface representing a real function that depends on one independent
* variable plus some extra parameters.
*
*/
public interface ParametricUnivariateFunction {
/**
* Compute the value of the function.
*
* @param x Point for which the function value should be computed.
* @param parameters Function parameters.
* @return the value.
*/
double value(double x, double ... parameters);
/**
* Compute the gradient of the function with respect to its parameters.
*
* @param x Point for which the function value should be computed.
* @param parameters Function parameters.
* @return the value.
*/
double[] gradient(double x, double ... parameters);
}