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+function f = powell1(x)
+ ##
+ ## A version of the Powell function which takes a column 4-vector as
+ ## an argument instead of four distinct arguments.
+ ##
+ if (length(x) == 4)
+ f = powell(x(1), x(2), x(3), x(4));
+ else
+ f = NA;
+ end
+end