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pj2/lib/edu/rit/numeric/VectorFunction.java
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//******************************************************************************
//
// File: VectorFunction.java
// Package: edu.rit.numeric
// Unit: Interface edu.rit.numeric.VectorFunction
//
// This Java source file is copyright (C) 2013 by Alan Kaminsky. All rights
// reserved. For further information, contact the author, Alan Kaminsky, at
// ark@cs.rit.edu.
//
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//******************************************************************************
package edu.rit.numeric;
/**
* Interface VectorFunction specifies the interface for a function whose
* argument is a vector of real values and whose result is a vector of real
* values.
*
* @author Alan Kaminsky
* @version 09-Jun-2008
*/
public interface VectorFunction
{
// Exported operations.
/**
* Returns the length of the result vector, <I>M</I>.
*
* @return <I>M</I>.
*/
public int resultLength();
/**
* Returns the length of the argument vector, <I>N</I>.
*
* @return <I>N</I>.
*/
public int argumentLength();
/**
* Evaluate this function with the given argument vector. The result is
* stored in the vector <TT>y</TT>. Specifically, for <I>i</I> = 0 to
* <I>M</I>&minus;1, <I>y</I><SUB><I>i</I></SUB> =
* <I>f</I><SUB><I>i</I></SUB>(<B>x</B>).
*
* @param x Argument vector (input). Must be an <I>N</I>-element array.
* @param y Result vector (output). Must be an <I>M</I>-element array.
*
* @exception DomainException
* (unchecked exception) Thrown if any argument in <TT>x</TT> is outside
* the allowed set of values for this function.
* @exception RangeException
* (unchecked exception) Thrown if any element of the result vector is
* outside the range of type <TT>double</TT>.
*/
public void f
(double[] x,
double[] y);
/**
* Calculate this function's Jacobian matrix with the given argument vector.
* The result is stored in the matrix <TT>dydx</TT>. Specifically, for
* <I>i</I> = 0 to <I>M</I>&minus;1 and <I>j</I> = 0 to <I>N</I>&minus;1,
* <I>dydx</I><SUB><I>i,j</I></SUB> =
* &part;<I>f</I><SUB><I>i</I></SUB>(<B>x</B>)&nbsp;&frasl;&nbsp;&part;<I>x</I><SUB><I>j</I></SUB>&nbsp;.
*
* @param x Argument vector (input). Must be an <I>N</I>-element array.
* @param dydx Jacobian matrix (output). Must be an
* <I>M</I>&times;<I>N</I>-element matrix.
*
* @exception DomainException
* (unchecked exception) Thrown if any argument in <TT>x</TT> is outside
* the allowed set of values for this function.
* @exception RangeException
* (unchecked exception) Thrown if any element of the Jacobian matrix is
* outside the range of type <TT>double</TT>.
*/
public void df
(double[] x,
double[][] dydx);
}