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o3de/Gems/PhysX/Code/NumericalMethods/Source/Optimization/Utilities.h

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/*
* Copyright (c) Contributors to the Open 3D Engine Project.
* For complete copyright and license terms please see the LICENSE at the root of this distribution.
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
*
*/
#pragma once
#include <LinearAlgebra.h>
namespace NumericalMethods::Optimization
{
class Function;
//! Helper function for evaluating a function at a point.
double FunctionValue(const Function& function, const VectorVariable& point);
//! The 1-dimensional rate of change of a function with respect to changing the independent variables along the specified direction.
//! Note that some textbooks / authors define the directional derivative with respect to a normalized direction,
//! but that convention is not used here.
double DirectionalDerivative(const Function& function, const VectorVariable& point, const VectorVariable& direction);
//! Vector of derivatives with respect to each of the independent variables of a function, evaluated at the specified point.
VectorVariable Gradient(const Function& function, const VectorVariable& point);
} // namespace NumericalMethods::Optimization