function variance = circular_normal_variance ( a, b )

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%% circular_normal_variance() returns the variance of the Circular Normal PDF.
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%  Licensing:
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%    This code is distributed under the MIT license.
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%  Modified:
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%    03 January 2011
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%  Author:
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%    John Burkardt
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%  Input:
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%    real A(2), a parameter of the PDF, the mean value.
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%    real B, a parameter of the PDF, the standard deviation.
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%  Output:
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%    real VARIANCE(2), the variance of the PDF.
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  variance(1) = b^2;
  variance(2) = b^2;

  return
end
