In this case, double means a variable of type double.
double* means a pointer to a double variable.
double** means a pointer to a pointer to a double variable.
In the case of the function you posted, it is used to create a sort of two-dimensional array of doubles. That is, a pointer to an array of double pointers, and each of those pointers points to an array of pointers.
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