function value = f2 ( x )

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%% f2() evaluates 1 / ( x^4 + x^2 + 0.9 ).
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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 March 2007
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%  Author:
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%    John Burkardt
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%  Reference:
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%    Charles Clenshaw, Alan Curtis,
%    A Method for Numerical Integration on an Automatic Computer,
%    Numerische Mathematik,
%    Volume 2, Number 1, December 1960, pages 197-205.
%
%  Input:
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%    real X, the argument.
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%  Output:
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%    real VALUE, the value of the function.
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  value = 1.0 ./ ( x.^4 + x.^2 + 0.9 );

  return
end
